Quotes About Welfare

I am in favor of reducing all budget items. But the item I don't want to reduce is the pension expenditure because it affects the weakest part of society.

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.

It began to really eat away with me that in the '60s the federal government, desiring to help poor moms who were dealing with deadbeat dads, decided, 'We'll help: we'll give a check for every child you can have out of wedlock.'

Unemployment insurance, abolishing child labor, the 40-hour work week, collective bargaining, strong banking regulations, deposit insurance, and job programs that put millions of people to work were all described, in one way or another, as 'socialist.' Yet, these programs have become the fabric of our nation and the foundation of the middle class.

What I want is the general betterment of pets. No-kill is a part of that. I'd like to see that policy enacted at all SPCA-type organizations around the country.

We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.

Anything that is not good for the poor people of India is not the policy of the Congress Party.

In my opinion, the Republican Party is the last on the list to care about the needs of old people and children and poor people.

The biggest problem in America is most people believe poor people are poor because they are lazy.

A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.

For me, as the Government of India, the interest of the poorest of the poorest is paramount.

If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000?

For a party of the left to win, people have to have believe that government, the state, can be on their side. When I was a young mother, Sure Start and tax credits weren't just a financial lifeline, they represented hope.

In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help.

It's our moral obligation, as well as, I believe, it is the government's obligation to take care of its people.

We've got to take care of the poor.

Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.

I don't think there's anything wrong with being paternalistic as a company. We are very paternalistic. We have a very good health plan - we take care of people.

In Iowa, we take care of people. That's all I think I need to say.

I've always been concerned with what happens to children in our society when there's nobody left to take care of them.

Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government.

The evidence shows if you give people security, they become better people. They develop their talents. They become better citizens.

More important still was the introduction of state-sponsored welfare schemes. The industrial democracies, alarmed by socialist strides in organizing labor and gaining seats in parliamentary elections, instituted social legislation in the form of unemployment and health insurance and other benefits that kept the working class from sinking into destitution.

The zone plan drafted by Whitten and published by the Atlanta City Planning Commission in 1922 explained that "race zoning is essential in the interest of the public peace, order and security and will promote the welfare and prosperity of both the white and colored race.