Article: The End of Equality.

APART FROM giving money to foreigners and exploring outer space, the provision of welfare is the least popular government undertaking. By welfare I mean Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the program supporting unmarried women and their offspring; few men get significant Federal or state charity. In 1964, 29 per cent of this country's unwed mothers received AFDC; by 1972, 63 per cent did. The proportion has since dropped steadily: to 45 per cent in 1988, the latest available figure. Yet welfare is no less unloved. Polls indicate that we object to the notion of paying people to do nothing, not to aiding the needy. Two would-be reformers of domestic ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!