Welfare

Issue

Welfare

Today, more people than ever before depend on the federal government for housing, food, and income. Welfare policies should help those truly in need and empower Americans to achieve financial independence.

 

Stronger Families: How Welfare Policy Can Promote Family Formation, Grow Marriage Rates, and Diminish Abortion

 

Learn more about policies that truly improve the well-being of the poor, encourage work, and remove barriers to marriage with this explainer video.

Commentary

Modern Poverty Includes A.C. and an Xbox Ken McIntyre

Jul 20, 2011 1 min read

Commentary

What Would the Founders do about Welfare? David Weinberger

Jul 5, 2011 3 min read

Commentary

A Better Way to Reform Welfare Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Apr 6, 2011 2 min read

testimony

The Economics of Extending Unemployment Benefits Karen Campbell, Ph.D.

Oct 1, 2010 10 min read

testimony

Crime Against the Homeless: Tragic, but a Problem not Requiring Federal Action David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.

Sep 29, 2010 25 min read