William Julius Wilson Quotes on Welfare
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But this is quite different from Sweden, where the female-headed family rate is about equal to that of the United States, but poverty is not associated with family structure because Sweden you have a stronger family supports.
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But until we come up with certain guarantees - for example, guaranteed jobs where mothers move off welfare - I support welfare very strongly.
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If you're talking about the narrow issue of public assistance, I would like to see us move to a more healthy system.
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No other major Western democracy has such a weak family support program.
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The basic difference between the period after 1973 and the previous period is that the nation's equalizing institutions - unions, public education, the welfare state broadly defined - were much weaker in the present period.
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The worst thing we could do is impose time limits and then expect people to sink or swim once they move off welfare.
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What Moynihan talked about back then is, I think is true today, and that is joblessness creates problem streams in the family. It leads to family break-ups resulting in an increasing number of families going on welfare.