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I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.

— Bob McDonnell

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

— Robert Scheer

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

— Charles Evers

While I was governor, 85 percent of the people on a form of welfare assistance in my state had no work requirement. I wanted to increase the work requirement.

— Mitt Romney

My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.

— J. C. Watts

The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Anything can be used for or against the welfare of women - or the welfare of anyone - depending on who controls it.

— Gloria Steinem

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.

— Jim Talent

Obviously, I have certain policy positions that I push and advocate for that would benefit people dealing in a system that breeds inequality and makes life more difficult for people.

— Tim Ryan

✗Opposing Perspectives

My thesis was a defense of our Constitution on the terms that the founding fathers wrote specifically in the Federalist Papers. They hoped that our form of government would draw forward men and women who are the wisest, most prudent, and most experienced.

— Tom Cotton

I don't believe in welfare.

— Charles Evers