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Ancient perhaps but not decrepit… of course there was welfare but it was not used in the breadth size and scope as we see it today. And there was also a stigma associated with it which IMHO was a good thing, not so today. Now it seems the stigma is upon those of us who feel welfare should be reserved for those in absolute need.[/quote]

You have no idea what you're talking about.[/quote]

Really?? Did you see the names some of the posters are being called for simply speaking their views?? You resort to snark in answering my honest discussion points?? I think you prove I'm right on target.[/quote]

They may be honest discussion points, but they are also uninformed discussion points. (I'm not the PP who said that you have no idea what you're talking about.)[/quote]

Fair point… while doing so takes away from the intent of the original post and discussion, I thinks it’s reasonable to offer a more detailed reply.
Two good reference points I like to use is:
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/
http://www.cbo.gov/topics/poverty-and-income-security/food-and-nutrition-programs

Both non-partisan.  Now admittedly they can be fact dense sites but let me post two lead sentences from the CBOs first two topics; 
“During the past 40 years, federal spending for major means-tested programs and tax credits for low-income households more than tripled as a share of gross domestic product. In 2012, such spending totaled $588 billion.”
“One in seven U.S. residents received benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2011, at a total cost of $78 billion. Spending on SNAP benefits more than doubled between 2007 and 2011.”

I could post more but I don’t want to link hundreds of graphs and charts nor is it necessary, for those interested they can peruse the sites and materials and parse the various data points out. Doing so reveals a macroscopic view over the past 30 years showing number of welfare programs have increased, spending has increased, and more beneficiaries have received from these programs. Thus I’ll stick to my original comment that since I was a child (which was admittedly longer than 30 years ago), welfare has expanded in size, scope and breadth. (I picked 30 years as we have fair balance of Executives from both sides of the aisle, I’m offering a non-partisan opinion).
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