Welfare reform on Townhall

• Why Welfare is Working Mon Apr 8
  Scottie Hughes
  Lately, it seems Republicans keep trying to brainstorm about how to attract new voters in order to win in 2014 and 2016. ... more
• Macabre manslaughter case stokes debate on UK welfare reform Thu Apr 4
  Reuters News
• GOP Trying to Put an End to Obama's Welfare Waivers Thu Feb 28
  Heather Ginsberg
• So, Who Really Does Care? Wed Feb 20
  Susan Stamper Brown
  If there's one thing I've learned, there's no shortage of well-meaning people who want the world to be a better place. But, without the willingness to roll up your sleeves and be part of the solution, you run the risk of making the situation worse. ... more
• Obama Inaugural: Full of Audacity, but Little Hope Thu Jan 24
  Michael Barone
  Commentators both left and right agree that Barack Obama's second inaugural speech Monday was highly partisan, with shout outs to his constituencies on the left and defiance of his critics on the right. ... more
• Your Money at Work: Welfare Cash Spent on Strippers, Booze and Porn Shops Mon Jan 7
  Katie Pavlich
• "Poor" Households Getting $168 in Welfare Per Day from Taxpayers Fri Dec 7
  Katie Pavlich
• India risks backlash hurrying through overdue welfare reform Thu Oct 25
  Reuters News
• Krauthammer on the 47 Percent Remark Wed Sep 19
  America
  Krauthammer did not think the remark was a smart, or accurate, thing to say. ... more
• Making Clinton Look Conservative Fri Sep 7
  Tim Phillips
  President Obama badly wants you to believe that he is the next Bill Clinton. By putting Clinton center stage at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week, he practically begged you to believe that he will return America to Clinton-era prosperity by working with Republicans, transforming the economy to bring in surpluses and lowering the national debt. ... more
• Gutting Welfare: GAO Says Obama Must Submit Work Requirement Waiver Plan to Congress Wed Sep 5
  Kevin Glass
• Mr. Obama’s America: “Where Everything’s Free But Us” Tue Sep 4
  Ken Blackwell
  Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) struck a nerve during his acceptance speech in Tampa, Florida last week. He put his finger on the Obama vision for America and in doing so, may have given Americans a jolt. ... more
• Who Really Cares? Thu Aug 30
  Rich Tucker
  In 1992 presidential candidate Bill Clinton assured ordinary Americans that he understood the problems we face. His philosophy was summed up in the soundbite: “I feel your pain.” Or as The Onion joked, “New President Feels Nation’s Pain, Breasts.” During a campaign event in 2010, President Obama reprised the line, explaining that he understood the pain of standing in the hot sun. ... more
• More Welfare Bucks Show Obama’s Failure Wed Aug 29
  Michael Medved
  What does President Obama plan to do to slow or stop the explosive growth in the number of Americans who count on regular welfare checks from the federal government? ... more
• The Truth About Obama and Welfare Reform Sun Aug 26
  Steve Chapman
  The old line is that there's a simple way to know a politician is lying: His lips are moving. Odds are good that any lurid charge leveled against a candidate is largely fraudulent. So it was no surprise that when Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of gutting welfare work requirements, fact checkers said his trousers were conspicuously aflame. ... more
• Is this the Beginning of the End for Obama? Thu Aug 16
  Donald Lambro
  WASHINGTON - Let's get a few things straight about the presidential race between Barack Obama and former governor Mitt Romney. It's not a dead heat anymore. ... more
• New Romney Ad: Obama Has a “Long History” of Opposing Work for Welfare Mon Aug 13
  Leah Barkoukis
• It's Election Season, so Wash Your Hands Often Sun Aug 12
  Debra J. Saunders
  In this very negative election season, the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns don't sweat accuracy. Even if fact-checking PolitiFact rates a 30-second spot as "pants-on-fire" false or Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler gives it four Pinocchios -- his maximum rating -- no worries; they don't clean up their act. ... more
• Romney on the Record, and On Offense Thu Aug 9
  Hugh Hewitt
  Mitt Romney came on my radio show yesterday and fielded question after question on the burgeoning controversy over President Obama’s plans to gut the work requirement for welfare. ... more
• 'Mad Dog' Harry Reid Thu Aug 9
  Cal Thomas
  To call Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a "mad dog," as Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank did, is an affront to the canine community and those suffering from legitimate mental illness. Reid was completely sane when he spread hearsay about an anonymous Bain Capital investor who allegedly told him Mitt Romney paid no taxes for 10 years. ... more
• Romney Ad: Obama VS Clinton On Welfare Reform Thu Aug 9
  America
  In a new ad from the Romney campaign, Barack Obama is seen as a lone voice eviscerating the bi-partisan Welfare Reform of 1996, putting him at odds with Democratic stalwarts such as John Kerry, Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton. ... more
• Clinton: Romney's Welfare Claims Are "Not True" Wed Aug 8
  Guy Benson
• New Romney Ad: So, Obama Just Gutted the Successful Clinton-Era Welfare Reform Law Tue Aug 7
  Guy Benson
• Obama Sabotages Welfare Reform Tue Aug 7
  Phyllis Schlafly
  President Obama on July 12 ended welfare reform, the crowning achievement of the Republican Congress of 1996. ... more

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