Welfare Reform

Welfare reform refers to improving how a nation helps poor people. In the United States, the term was used to get Congress to enact the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, which further reduced aid to the poor, to reduce government deficit spending without coining money.

Famous quotes containing the words welfare and/or reform:

    “Power has only one duty—to secure the social welfare of the People.”
    —Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

    “And let Reform her columns roll.
    With thunder peal, and lightening flash.
    We’ll preach deliverance to the soul.
    ‘Mid proud Oppression’s waning crash.”
    —Ignis, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Genius of Liberty, pp. 9-10 (November 1853)