welfare reform
Nearly 800,00đ0 New Yorkers collected welfare checks last fiđscal year - most since 2000
The number āŧēof New Yorkers who received welfare checks last fiscal year is 19.1% more than in fiscal 2023.
NYC spent almost $2.5B providing welfare checks to over 720K residents â the most it's paid out in over a decade
New York City provided a whopping 720,765 residents cash assistance last year -- the mođĻst itâs ever awarded annually in welfare checks in at least a decade.
The simđ§¸ple reform Congress can makđe to move millions from welfare to work
Congress has a chance to help millions of Americans move from welfare to work while fixing one of đ°the countryâs most broken federal programs.
The pđĻolitical battle over food stamps and welfare programs đ¯
The furious Beltway debate ovđ¸er raising the national debt ceiling earlier this month mostly hinged on just a few federal prođgrams, with Republicans aiming to score political points for cutting...
Debt deal shđows Democrađģts are the party of freeloaders
đ On Wednesday nigâht, the House passed legislation to raise the nationâs borrowing limit and cap future spending.
Debt-limit talks still full of drama, but may be nothing BUT theater āŧē
All the drama over what should be straightforward (if brutal) negotiations is bad enough. If the whole thing turns out to be nothing but theater, the voters shođuld throw all...
â Uncle Sam neednât default, royal painsâ Ziegfeld fođlly and other commentary
Royals Harry and Meghan tđ°old a barely credible tale of barely surviving a two-hour-long, high-speed paparazzi chase in midtown Manhattan.
Since when did linking work to welfare đ handouts become so controversial?
Should you work to get welfare? āŧRepublicans in the House of Representatives say yes. Itâs the right answer. đ
Demsâ push for guaranteed income is a slap in tę§he face to working pđĻeople
People who are working two jobs and stiđll not making ends meet deserve help. But not people who sit on the couch or choose to live in the rough.
How 'free' government money actually harms its recipients
We have fresh evidence of the harmful, unintended consequences of welfare programs giving handouts âto poorer households. That âfree moneyâ comes at a cost. đģ
Liberals are pushing us fasęĻ°t back to the bad, old days
When public polęĻicies have produced disastrous results, and when alternative policies have resulted in immediate, seemingly miraculous improvement, why would anyone want to go back to the earlier polđicies? The...
đ§ The critics were wrong: Welfare reform has delivered for single moms
On Tuesday, the CeęĻŋnsus Bureau released its report on the nationâs income, poverty and health-insurance coverage for 2018. News that the percentage of Americansđ˛ with insurance took a troubling stumble...
ę§ Trump just took a giant step toward actual welfarđe reform
đŽ President Trumpâs new executive order on welfare reform has laid the groundwork to get more Americans back to work while protecting and strengthening the safety net for the truly needy....
Using Medicaid to help the pođ¤Ēor out of poverty
Americans are among the most generous people in the world. While tđ¸his nation was founded on the pursuit of a shared dream, the moral pledge ođ ˇf the American people has...
Trump's excellent welfare-reform opportunity
If youâre able to work, then you should â at least if you want food stamps. Thatâs whatâ more than 80 percent of voters think, a new poll for the...
A Medicaid work requirement isn't cruel and other comments
Policy expert: The Truth Behind Trump Immigrant Storm As is âso often ęĻthe case,â says Kay Hymowitz at City Journal, President Trumpâs ânoxious wording is distracting from a serious public-policy...
Trump adds weđlfare reformę§ to his already full plate
â President Trump said Monday that some Americans are abusing the countryâs welfare system wÜĢhile others may not be getting benefits theyâre entitled to â and he wants to straighten it...
Trump's budget is all about dignifying work
Hillary Clinton bashes President Trumpâs budget proposal for its âunimaginable level of cruelty.â Almost every Democratic politician, and most mainstream media, are saying the same. Donât believe it. The budđēget,... đĄ
How to make deadbeađt dads do mođˇre to help out
Thereâs a warrant out for the arrest of Juelz Santana. The New Jersey-basedāˇ´ rapper, who owes almost $30,000 in child support to the mother of his 13-year-olęĻŋd son, thinks heâs...
After 20 years, critics are stilđl lying about the success of welfare âąreform
Twenty years ago thđĢis week, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law â the most revolutionary domestic political achievement in decades. With the law, Uncle Sam took a giant...