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Joe Biden on Welfare & Poverty

Vice President; previously Democratic Senator (DE)

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It's not "culture of dependency"; it's acquiring skills. (Sep 2012)
No faith-based initiative; it ain�t broke, so don�t fix it. (Oct 2007)
We�re no longer certain our kids will be better off than us. (Feb 2007)
Voted YES on welfare block grants. (Aug 1996)
Voted YES on eliminating block grants for food stamps. (Jul 1996)
Voted NO on allowing state welfare waivers. (Jul 1996)
Voted YES on welfare overhaul. (Sep 1995)
Fully fund AmeriCorps. (Jun 2003)
Develop a strategy to eliminate extreme global poverty. (Dec 2007)

Jeb Bush on Welfare & Poverty

Republican FL Governor; V.P. prospect

Click here for 14 full quotes by Jeb Bush OR click here for Jeb Bush on other issues.

If you're born poor, the odds are stacked against you. (Mar 2013)
Proposed refusing federal money for welfare. (Dec 2009)
Created Governor's Faith-Based Advisory Board. (Dec 2009)
1994: Get tough on recipients of public assistance. (Feb 2007)
More government money to religious groups. (Feb 2007)
Welcome community and faith based organizations as partners. (Mar 2004)
Replace AFDC with limited temporary assistance. (Jan 2000)
Limit welfare benefits; supports welfare-to-work. (Jul 1998)
Help welfare recipients into workforce. (Jul 1998)
Taking welfare should be more shameful than working. (Nov 1995)
Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)
More federal funding for Low-income energy assistance. (Sep 2001)
Supports TANF grants to states. (Aug 2001)

Hillary Clinton on Welfare & Poverty
Secretary of State; previously Democratic Senator (NY)
Click here for 23 full quotes by Hillary Clinton OR click here for Hillary Clinton on other issues. In the face of suffering, God calls on us to respond. (Apr 2008) Make sure the economy works for everybody. (Jan 2008) Partner with faith based community in empowerment zones. (Dec 2007) Considered idea of $5000 at birth to pay for future college. (Oct 2007) Time-out for mortgage companies on march toward foreclosure. (Sep 2007) Wellesley thesis: Saul Alinsky & people over bureaucrats. (Jun 2007) Hedge funds incentivize risk, but need regulation. (Apr 2007) Welfare reform was critical step despite flaws. (Nov 2003) Lazio weakened housing standards and limited public housing. (Oct 2000) Lazio fought against FHA on low-interest housing loans. (Oct 2000) Equal access to capital and jobs. (Jan 2000) Working should mean no poverty. (Jan 2000) Community involvement helps, but only in short term. (Dec 1999) Don�t criminalize the homeless. (Dec 1999) 1969 thesis: Alinsky�s reforms too short term & local. (Apr 1999) Microcredit is an invaluable tool in alleviating poverty. (Feb 1997) Link payments to good parenting behavior. (Feb 1997) 1976: Founded first indigent legal aid in Fayetteville AR. (Aug 1993) Won series of high school awards, but barred from athletics. (Aug 1993) Finish welfare reform by moving able recipients into jobs. (Aug 2000) Establish a National Affordable Housing Trust Fund. (Jul 2003) Tax credits to promote home ownership in distressed areas. (Apr 2003) Fully fund AmeriCorps. (Jun 2003)

Andrew Cuomo on Welfare & Poverty

Democratic Governor

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CORe initiative: support community-based services. (Jan 2013)
Create a Foreclosure Relief Unit to keep people in homes. (Jan 2012)
Remove barriers to food stamps: stop fingerprinting for food. (Jan 2012)
Moral imperative to maintain safety net in difficult times. (Nov 2010)
2001 review: Focused HUD on poor working-class families. (Apr 2010)
Founded nation's largest provider of housing for homeless. (Oct 2003)

Newt Gingrich on Welfare & Poverty

Former Republican Representative (GA-6) and Speaker of the House

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Obama is the Food Stamp President; teach poor to get jobs. (Jan 2012)
Fight crisis of secularism with church-based charity. (Dec 2011)
FactCheck: Poverty rate has fallen under War on Poverty. (Jul 2011)
When free welfare is provided, people choose not to work. (Jun 2011)
1996: One out of 184 programs block-granted back to states. (Jun 2011)
$1,000 tax credit for low-income first-time homebuyers. (May 2011)
Ten Lessons from Successfully Transforming Welfare. (Dec 2007)
Boys Town-style orphanages better than kids on welfare. (Nov 2003)
Reach majority by better ideas, not by handing out goodies. (Jul 1998)
Replace "welfare state" with "opportunity society". (Jul 1996)
Enterprise zones let poor create their own jobs. (Jul 1996)
Eight steps to improve opportunity for poor. (Jul 1995)
Welfare state has distorted beyond its original intent. (Jun 1995)
Error at core of welfare state is its dehumanization. (Jun 1995)
Welfare vouchers allow choice & reduce bureaucracy. (Jun 1995)
Food stamps crowd out space shuttles. (Jun 1995)
Replace welfare state with opportunity society. (Jan 1995)
End entitlements; require work. (Dec 1994)
Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending. (Sep 1994)

Nikki Haley on Welfare & Poverty

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No stance on record.

Mike Huckabee on Welfare & Poverty

Former Republican AR Governor; possible draft candidate

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In AR, banned video poker & assisted suicide. (Nov 2008)
Shift federal social programs to church, family, & community. (Nov 2008)
Recognizes what your decisions do to people at the bottom. (Jan 2008)
First Amendment never intended to shut out voices of faith. (Jan 2007)
Supports Charitable Choice for funding faith-based providers. (Dec 2006)
Social service agencies can never replace the family. (Jun 1998)
Reinstitute Puritan work ethic as American foundation. (Jun 1998)
Welfare should be conditioned upon work. (Sep 1997)
Maintain TANF block grants. (Apr 2000)
Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)
More federal funding for Low-income energy assistance. (Sep 2001)
Supports TANF grants to states. (Aug 2001)

Bobby Jindal on Welfare & Poverty

Republican Governor; previously Representative (LA-1)

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Feds obliged to care for those who can't care for themselves. (Nov 2010)
Land of the Free shouldn't become Land of the Free Lunch. (Nov 2010)
Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)

Gary Johnson on Welfare & Poverty

Libertarian presidential nominee; former Republican NM Governor

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Impose gross income cap on welfare recipients. (Jul 2011)
Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)

Martin O`Malley on Welfare & Poverty

Democrat

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Finish welfare reform by moving able recipients into jobs. (Aug 2000)

Barack Obama on Welfare & Poverty

Democratic incumbent President; IL Senator (2004-2008)

Click here for 23 full quotes by Barack Obama OR click here for Barack Obama on other issues.

People want a hand up, not a handout. (Sep 2012)
Help refinancing for homeowners facing foreclosure. (Feb 2009)
FactCheck: Cannot limit refinancing to responsible borrowers. (Feb 2009)
Still denying decent wages, good benefits, & fair treatment. (Jul 2008)
AdWatch: Fought for workers from college thru Senate. (Jul 2008)
GovWatch: Welfare laws he �passed� were federally mandated. (Jul 2008)
Cut poverty in half in 10 years, with faith-based help. (Apr 2008)
Welfare policies contributed to erosion of black families. (Mar 2008)
Create 20 Promise Neighborhoods in high-poverty cities. (Feb 2008)
1980s: Director of the Developing Communities Project. (Oct 2007)
Stop Fraud Act: full disclosure in subprime lending. (Sep 2007)
Engages people of faith on all aspects of his public service. (Aug 2007)
Saw dire poverty as a child in Indonesia. (Aug 2007)
1985: Launched project to give voice to disempowered. (Aug 2007)
Ownership Society is another term for �Social Darwinism�. (Aug 2007)
Community organizer on Chicago�s South Side. (Feb 2007)
Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity. (Oct 2006)
Welfare recipients know how to succeed but need help. (Jul 2004)
Belief that "I am my brother's keeper" makes America work. (Jul 2004)
$100M increase in IL Earned Income Tax Credit. (Jun 2004)
Inner city problems are the painful truths. (Aug 1996)
Exorcise the ghostly figure that haunts black dreams. (Aug 1996)
Develop a strategy to eliminate extreme global poverty. (Dec 2007)

Sarah Palin on Welfare & Poverty
Republican Governor (AK); 2008 nominee for Vice President
Click here for 4 full quotes by Sarah Palin OR click here for Sarah Palin on other issues. Got churches to provide private aid for starving people. (Sep 2011) EITC moves thousands of welfare recipients into workforce. (Jan 2008) Recognize Salvation Army and encourage charity to them. (Nov 2007) Funding for faith-based initiatives is adequate today. (Oct 2006)

Ron Paul on Welfare & Poverty

Republican Representative (TX-14); previously Libertarian for President

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Entitlements are not rights; only big guys get entitlements. (Jan 2012)
Churches used to take care of ill without insurance. (Sep 2011)
Welfare state isn't in the Constitution. (Sep 2011)
Moral hazard permeates a welfare state. (Sep 2010)
Bush�s faith-based initiative is �a neocon project�. (Oct 2007)
Voted NO on instituting National Service as a new social invention. (Mar 2009)
Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
Voted NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)
Voted NO on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)
Abolish federal welfare; leave it all to states. (Dec 2000)

Rob Portman on Welfare & Poverty

Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative (OH-2)

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Voted YES on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
Voted YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)
Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)
Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending. (Sep 1994)

Mitt Romney on Welfare & Poverty

Former Republican Governor (MA); presidential nominee-apparent

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I'm not concerned about very poor; they have safety net. (Feb 2012)
My faith would inform my presidency. (Nov 2010)
Entitlements: focus on future beyond next election. (Mar 2010)
Opportunity is in our DNA; dependency is death to initiative. (Feb 2008)
Creating jobs helps poorest workers; not cash handouts. (Jan 2008)
Vetoed $220K for state-run homelessness projects. (Jul 2005)
Vetoed studying how MA can overcome federal workfare rules. (Jul 2005)
Faith-based programs to provide social services. (Jun 2005)
Would require welfare recipients to work. (Nov 1994)

Paul Ryan on Welfare & Poverty

Republican nominee for Vice President; U.S. Rep. (WI-1)

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Civil society means we give of ourselves without government. (Sep 2012)
Cold social programs have displaced civility and charity. (Aug 2012)
Subsidize and deregulate our wealth of faith based charities. (Aug 2012)
Remove anti-poverty programs that dishonor human dignity. (Apr 2012)
End federal food stamps with block grant to the states. (Apr 2012)
Direct federal grants to persistently impoverished districts. (Apr 2012)
Food stamp program is rife with waste, fraud & abuse. (Apr 2012)
Time-limit & work requirement for need-based aid. (Apr 2012)
Left federal barriers to community & institution empowerment. (Apr 2012)
Voted NO on instituting National Service as a new social invention. (Mar 2009)
Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
Voted YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)
Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)

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