Why Is The Latino Poverty Rate So High?
Read this post in Spanish at Libertad.org It has been reported recently that the poverty rate among Latinos has reached 28 percent. The number, based… Read More
Majority of Americans Say Government Spends Too Much on Welfare
More than half of Americans (51 percent) believe the government spends too much on welfare, according to a new Rasmussen Report. They’re right. Welfare spending… Read More
CHART: Paul Ryan Lays Out a Vision for Reforming Welfare, Fighting Poverty
In his speech today at Cleveland State University, Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) laid out a vision for reforming the nation’s approach to poverty. “With few… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Imperial Presidency, Part II
Sometimes the law just gets in the way. The Obama Administration hasn’t needed Congress to enact new regulations on the Internet, businesses, energy production, and… Read More
Must-Read Research: Obama Gutting Welfare Reform, Setting Spending Records
Welfare spending is at a staggering, all-time high. A new government report confirms that the U.S. now spends roughly $1 trillion a year on what… Read More
Morning Bell: Welfare Spending Shattering All-Time Highs
It’s been a pretty big year for welfare—and a new report shows welfare is bigger than ever. The Obama Administration turned a giant spotlight on… Read More
Morning Bell: 5 Issues That Haven’t Come Up in the Debates
Tonight’s presidential debate is the last one that will include questions on domestic policy. The previous presidential and vice presidential debates covered a host of… Read More
Morning Bell: 10 Questions for the First Presidential Debate
Tonight’s debate between President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney is supposed to focus on domestic policy, with a major concentration on the economy…. Read More
Heritage Expert Confounds the “Fact Checkers” on Welfare Reform
“Obama’s Palace Guard,” Mark Hemingway’s Weekly Standard cover story exposing fact-checkers for willful complicity in the gutting of welfare reform, is a must read for… Read More
House Votes to Reverse Obama Administration’s Gutting of Welfare’s Work Requirements
This afternoon, the House voted to restore the work requirements that the Obama Administration has attempted to gut from the 1996 welfare reform law. The… Read More
Fact Checking the Fact Checkers on Welfare Reform (VIDEO)
On July 12, the Obama Administration released a policy directive from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declaring that it would no longer… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Doesn’t Just Gut Welfare Reform, He Turns It Upside Down
The controversy over the Obama Administration’s gutting of welfare reform continues to grow. Two new government reports show the move’s illegality and effects on taxpayers…. Read More
Washington Post Gives Bill Clinton Two “Pinocchios” in Welfare Fact Check
When Bill Clinton is awarded two out of four “Pinocchios” for legitimatizing President Obama’s gutting of welfare’s work requirements as a pro-work move, maybe there’s… Read More
Food Stamp Participation Doubled Among Able-Bodied Adults After Obama Suspended Work Requirement
A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) confirms that food stamp participation doubled among able-bodied adults after the Obama Administration suspended the program’s… Read More
Morning Bell: Government Dependency Rises As Number of Taxpayers Declines
The leak of a video featuring former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) has sparked debate about government dependency and the number of people in the United… Read More
Dependence on Government vs. the American Dream
Mother Jones has opened a broad debate about the role of government in our society. In a clandestine tape recorded in May and obtained by… Read More
Index of Dependence on Government Jumps for the Fourth Year in a Row
The leak of a video featuring former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) has sparked debate about government dependency and the number of people in the United… Read More
Report Finds Obama Can Waive Welfare Work Requirements…or Not
Liberals are touting an analysis by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) that they say “refutes” arguments against the Obama Administration’s legal authority to waive work… Read More
What’s Driving High Poverty Numbers?
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual poverty numbers. It reports that 46.2 million Americans remain poor; the figure was unchanged from last year…. Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Marriage Is the Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty
New research shows that marriage is the nation’s best antidote to child poverty. This holds true in every state across the country. On Wednesday, The… Read More
Morning Bell: Clinton Is Wrong on Welfare Reform
Last night, in his nationally televised speech, former President Bill Clinton said the charge that President Obama has gutted welfare reform was “a real doozy.”… Read More
Clinton Defends Obama on Gutting of His Welfare Reform Law
Last night, former President Bill Clinton claimed that President Obama had not gutted welfare reform. Clinton proclaimed that Obama would actually strengthen welfare reform by… Read More
Food Stamps Part of What Makes America Exceptional, Says the Left
One in seven Americans is on food stamps. According to the left, this high rate of participation is part of what makes America exceptional. So… Read More
What Makes America Exceptional? Hint: It Is Not Social Security
In Alan Colmes’s view, social welfare programs have made America “exceptional.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Colmes’s preposterous article in The Wall Street… Read More
Morning Bell: Media “Fact Checkers” Promote Obama’s Gutting of Welfare Reform
Since Heritage’s Robert Rector and Kiki Bradley broke the story on July 12 that the Obama Administration had gutted the work requirements from the 1996… Read More
Obama Administration Already Tossed the Food Stamp Work Requirement
The Obama Administration sure is getting defensive about its recent action to waive all work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash… Read More
Heritage Legal Memo: Welfare Reform’s Work Requirements Cannot Be Waived
The Obama Administration is denying that it has gutted the work requirements from the 1996 welfare reform law, despite all evidence that it has. Heritage… Read More
Gingrich Blasts ‘Radical’ Obama’s Drive to Illegally Gut Welfare Reform
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was instrumental in passing welfare reform in the 1990s, blasted President Obama’s attempt to gut the law in a… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Denies Gutting Welfare Reform
The Obama Administration came out swinging against its critics on welfare reform yesterday, with Press Secretary Jay Carney saying the charge that the Administration gutted… Read More
U.S. Welfare System Fails to Support Work
Last Monday in The Washington Post, Charles Lane drew attention to the need for getting work incentives right in federal policy. “The Americans with Disabilities… Read More
