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 In her article "Why We Must Be Bold on Welfare Reform," Kay Coles James, President of The Heritage Foundation writes - "Washington is in a unique position to solve America’s welfare crisis for a very simple reason: Washington created it. The policy and programs it established a half-century ago have depleted people, obstructed their purpose, and extinguished their extraordinary possibilities. "The evidence of this failure is all around us. Being black and the daughter of a former welfare recipient, I know firsthand the unintended harm welfare has caused. That’s why much of what I am about to share relates to the African-American experience." The so-called "War on Poverty" is over: poverty won. After spending more than 28 Trillion dollars since 1965, we have a much higher out-of-wedlock birth rate; these children being raised without a father in the home; boy-men fathers rejecting the responsibilities of manhood; and nearly a million Afro-American boys and girls being raised by a grandparent because both parents are on drugs, have died, or are in prison. All this is because the current welfare system rewards poor women for having babies out of wedlock. Get the whole story: read the full article & get our free weekly newsletter: subscribe below! |