Ronald Reagan actually said...

"the only true measure of a welfare program's success is how many people it makes independent of welfare."

"Our goal instead must be to establish a process that allows states and communities to implement their own anti-poverty ideas based on their own unique circumstances."

"We can and must do better."

"The sad truth is that, despite our best intentions, the welfare system is failing; the system traps people in a cycle of dependency that robs them of dignity."