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Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active.

This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.

There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

I don't believe in welfare.

Far too many well-connected businesses are feeding at the federal trough. By addressing corporate welfare as well as other forms of welfare, we would add a whole new level of understanding to the notion of entitlement reform.