Mike Collins: “We must clearly understand that the real debate is about whether we are going to just piecemeal reform the broken…”

“We must clearly understand that the real debate is about whether we are going to just piecemeal reform the broken welfare system, or if we are going to entirely change welfare as we know it. We all agree the welfare system is a failure. It is an open-ended Federal entitlement that encourages people to believe that receiving a welfare check, free health care, and other free services without working is their right. By the end of the decade, American workers will have spent over $6 trillion on welfare programs. After 30 years under the current system, our poverty rate remains unchanged and we have millions of people trapped, dependent upon broken welfare programs. Americans are tired of paying for a welfare system that just doesn't work. And although Presidential candidate Clinton once stated that he intended to change welfare as we know it, his proposal will only make limited reforms to a system that fails those who receive welfare and those working people who pay the bill.”