by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
In a brief speech on the House floor Wednesday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) hailed the war on poverty, endorsed government welfare programs, and said the “safety net has to be something for all of us.” “Maybe the word welfare should be changed...
by Jane Richey | Jul 29, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey data exclusive to The Associated Press points to an increasingly...
by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The House voted Wednesday to block the Obama administration’s attempt to waive a requirement that people must work or prepare for a job in order to receive federal welfare benefits. In a 246-181 vote, the House approved the Preserving Work Requirements for...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Welfare recipients took out cash at bars, liquor stores, X-rated video shops, hookah parlors and even strip clubs — where they presumably spent their taxpayer money on lap dances rather than diapers, a Post investigation found. A database of 200 million Electronic...
by Jane Richey | Nov 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The punditocracy, like the oracles of old, has spoken. Obama won because of various and sundry reasons, most of which can be debated and none of which is the single, sufficient cause. But one reason, or unreason, was a definite and perhaps the single most important...