Most Welfare Beneficiaries Not Poor Under Obama’s Welfare State

(National Review Online) More Americans above the poverty line than below it are now receiving the benefits of our largest and most expensive welfare programs.

In the Fall 2012 issue of National Affairs, George Mason University Professor David Armor and post-doctoral fellow Sonia Sousa present astonishing but little-known data on the expansion of the welfare state under President Obama. A glance at the data as they present it goes a long way in explaining our entitlement problem and how we might go about fixing it. Armor and Sousa trace the growth of entitlements to the expansion of eligibility for them... Keep Reading Are You Getting These Stories Delivered To Your Inbox? If Not, Input Your Primary Email Address Below To Get Started. You'll Also Receive A Free Gift, Our Downloadable Report On The Cloward-Piven Strategy, When You Sign Up.       Privacy Policy: We respect your privacy and will not share your email address with ANYONE... PERIOD! RELATED STORIES