Why I Don’t Judge Welfare Recipients

PASSING JUDGEMENT ON WELFARE RECIPIENTS hit the mainstream in 1976. This was when then-California Governor Ronald Reagan brought up the infamous Chicago “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/21/she-was-stereotyped-welfare-queen-truth-was-more-disturbing-new-book-says/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Welfare Queen</a>” on the campaign trail while vying for the GOP presidential nomination. It was an outlandish, racially charged tale of a woman who “used 80 names, 30 addresses, 15 telephone numbers to collect food stamps, Social Security, veterans’ benefits for four nonexistent deceased veteran husbands, as well as welfare,” and, according to Reagan, “her tax-free cash income alone has been running at $150,000 a year.” <a href="https://medium.com/the-missing-middle/why-i-dont-judge-welfare-recipients-a2fc28aa1465">Visit Now</a>