Speaking of the budget bulge, our friends at EPIC point out that the “entitlement” programs are two-thirds of the federal budget. Welfare is a big slice of that giant pie.

Welfare spending is bulging even though Covid ended years ago. Biden gutted work requirements for able-bodied citizens while expanding benefits.

We all want a safety net, but it must be a hand-up, not a handout.  As the 1996 welfare reforms with time limits and workfare (thank you Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton) proved, the best way to improve lives and to pull people out of the dependency trap is to get them into jobs that offer an upward path.

Work requirements should apply to food stamps, housing subsidies, Medicaid, and cash assistance.  Conservatives want this.  Liberals are resisting.

Do they WANT people to stay on welfare?