Charles Evers Quotes

At its core, government welfare is predicated on a false compassion.

There's a lot of people out now around America who depend on checks from their fellow taxpayers being in the mailbox every day.

Today we are ending welfare as we know it.

We don’t want to turn this [social] safety net into a hammock that ends up lulling people in their lives into dependency and complacency.

Even in the United States, 'you have a sort of welfare state, even if you don't want to admit it -- you don't allow people to die on the street.

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.

Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.

Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it.

I believe in a safety net. I believe one of the responsibilities of the Federal Government is a safety net.

I receive food stamps but I have never been on welfare.

The important thing for the government to do is to help people who cannot help themselves by providing a range of support.

You know where nice people end up? On welfare.

Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely necessary is disgraceful.

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.

The government is becoming the family of last resort.

Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them — take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.

I’m really not concerned about the very poor. They have a safety net.

Government has a final responsibility for the well-being of its citizenship. If private cooperative endeavor fails to provide work for willing hands and relief for the unfortunate, those suffering hardship from no fault of their own have a right to call upon the Government for aid; and a government worthy of its name must make fitting response.

The states, just like the Federal government, just can’t let the poor die.

Guaranteed income schemes can take various forms, but in the simplist the government sends every citizen an annual check in an amount sufficient to keep the worlf from the door when misfortune strikes, but not large enough to satisfy anyone's idea of a good life.

Social Security is the greatest swindle of the poor ever.

I've been on food stamps and welfare, did anybody help me out? No. No.

The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I believe that in a democratic, civilized society none of our people should be hungry or living in desperation. We need to expand Social Security, not cut it. We need to increase funding for nutrition programs, not cut them.

Welfare is ... the victim of national compassion fatigue.

The Welfare State, which begun in Imperial Germany for the truly indigent and disabled, has now become "everybody's entitlement" and an increasing burden on those who produce.