Michael Synar: “You talk about creating a system where people are not dependent. In fact, your colleagues tonight have really been…”

“You talk about creating a system where people are not dependent. In fact, your colleagues tonight have really been arguing that these Government programs promote that dependency. You are familiar that the American taxpayers in the decade of the eighties, to the tune of billions of dollars, subsidized the cattle industry, the timber industry, the mining industry. Why is it that Republicans by and large ignore corporate welfare and seem to want to pick on women who are working and trying to provide for their families? ... We are saying we can do both. We are saying that we can give 2 years to those that are down and out to get themselves together and look for a job and work themselves out of their present situation. But in 2 years, they will either have to have a job in the private sector, or they will have to work for their benefits. I don't think that is much to ask. It is a typical Democrat ploy to pit those that earn a living against those that have no living.”