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Work is the only way to escape the cycle of poverty, and work requirements must be enforced if they are to play a meaningful role in helping welfare dependents to become self-sufficient.

Guaranteed income payouts are entering the political mainstream. But their champion in Illinois courted controversy by linking them to the militant African American socialist movement.

Guaranteed income experiments trialed in LA and Chicago could be set to spread across the country as county officials meet in Washington. 

For recipients, it’s a lifeline. For liberal supporters, it shows how expanding government can make a difference. For conservatives, it’s a return to wasteful welfare handouts.

Households headed by persons without a high school diploma impose a significant fiscal burden on other taxpayers.

In crafting immigration reform legislation, given the stakesinvolved, Congress should oppose and, if necessary, the President should veto any reforms or reform packages that do not comport withAmerica's core principles, are not in the best interests of theUnited States, and are inconsistent with the traditions andcompassionate practices of America's ongoing experiment in orderedliberty.

The Obama administration has quietly issued new bureaucratic rules that overturned the popular welfare reform law of 1996. This illegal move completely undoes years of progress that helped millions of Americans.

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