Lawmakers must be held to a higher standard in creation of welfare laws

Time and again, Gov. Scott Walker has said welfare “should be a trampoline, not a hammock.” Despite the fact that more than 50 percent of households receiving Foodshare benefits have at least one working member, Walker seems comfortable suggesting there is some widespread epidemic of societal hangers-on that needs solving. Indeed, this problem, however insubstantial, … Continue reading Lawmakers must be held to a higher standard in creation of welfare laws