Scott McInnis Quotes

At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.

Welfare is killing this country.

What we shouldn't be doing is borrowing money to give benefits to the most fortunate, to put the burden and pull the rug out of those who struggle the most.

Social Security is the greatest swindle of the poor ever.

I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.

Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families.

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.

I don't believe in welfare.

Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.

Government just simply can't do everything for everyone.

I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat.

You measure a government by how few people need help.

When they seek to cut programs that help families living in poverty, I will fight them every step of the way.

Today we are ending welfare as we know it.

… taking money from the thrifty to keep the improvident

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

… poor people deserve access to food, education, housing, and medical services

The vast majority of Americans—about 96 percent—benefit from some kind of government social program.

We have spent trillions of dollars on welfare, where we put people in bondage so they can't be all that they're capable of being.

I don't think you ought to walk into this country one day, and the first stop you make is the welfare office.

Crowdfunding companies like GoFundMe are in themselves not evil. But the fact that we have to rely on them to pay for our basics is.

For a long time the Conservative party gave the impression of not being terribly interested in the people who were on welfare and that we might just view it as a drain on taxpayer resources.

We must have a welfare system that we can afford, which will mean giving greater attention to directing the welfare program toward its primary purposes and its intended beneficiaries.

As economists bandy about terms like 'recapitalization,' 'credit lines,' and 'liquidity,' families are facing brutal cuts to their social services and welfare payments, losing their homes, wondering how their kids will make their way in the world.

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