On the recordJuly 23, 1996
since 1950 the population of the United States has increased from 151 million to roughly 260 million. This works out to a 72-percent increase. Also, since 1950, social welfare spending at all levels of Government has increased from $18.8 billion a year to $324 billion a year. This is an increase of 1,623 percent. In other words, the growth rate of welfare spending has astronomically outpaced the growth in population. Many liberals would argue that this probably is a good thing. But my question is this: What have we purchased with this huge investment in social welfare? Broken families; a destroyed work ethic; rampant illegitimacy; and continued poverty. Not only is the modern welfare state economically unsound, it is spiritually and morally unsound. We are doing our part to enact serious reform of welfare. It is time for Bill Clinton to show leadership, to keep his promises to end welfare as we know it.
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