Welfare by Any Other Name Is Still Welfare
In William Shakespeareโs tragic romance โRomeo and Juliet,โ about two young Italian lovers from feuding families in Verona, Juliet utters the famous line: โWhatโs in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.โ Juliet, from the House of...
What Republicans Arenโt Saying about Food Stamps
According to Democrats and their allies at progressive and liberal outlets, millions of Americans are going to go to bed hungry or starving to death because the extra food-stamp benefits they were receiving because of the โpandemicโ ended last month. Now called the...
Benjamin Franklin on “Doing Good to the Poor”
The federal government lacks any legitimate constitutional authority to establish welfare programs for the poor. Not only that, the federal welfare system fails in its promise to “help the poor” out of poverty. Supporters of the expansive federal welfare...