H. Rap Brown Quotes

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.

We've got to take care of the poor.

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.

Government becomes a burden only when it functions on behalf of the poor.

I have to address the economic conditions of everybody, including, and perhaps first, those who are poor.

Social safety-net spending is an important form of public funding that helps offset disparities in family resources for children.

Can we have a serious conversation about improving the integrity of our poverty programs in this country?

I've always thought my main concern is to alleviate the burdens on people, who were earning less money, perhaps than £80,000.

Today, India's cooking gas subsidy is the world's largest Cash Transfer Programme.

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.

Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are fourth-generation welfare recipients.

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.

I don't believe in welfare.

Giving a poor person money keeps them poor.

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.

The difficulty is, Pell Grants are an attempt to do the right thing, and that is to give the low-income student an opportunity to access higher education, and that's a good thing. And welfare was an attempt to help those most in need. The difficulty is, often times a program is so successful that it grows and grows and grows and grows.

Our child benefit goes directly to the families who need it the most.

I was on food stamps until I was 18 and became an adult.

A third of all the children born today will be on welfare.

We are tired of a welfare system which dehumanizes us and dispenses payments under procedures that are often ugly and paternalistic.

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 thing that the government does very well is to write checks. Get rid of all the bureaucracy and programs and just write check [to the poor].

Because of the British Welfare State …, I was never hungry…. The schools I attended were free and actually acted as ladders of mobility for those randomly given the skills in the genetic lottery of life to climb them.