Quotes about Government Handouts

Too many Mainers are dependent on government handouts. Government dependency has not - and never will - create prosperity. Votes: 3

The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. Votes: 3

If candidates spend money on ads and other political speech and their opponents are rewarded with government handouts to attack them, that chills speech and is unconstitutional. Non-participating candidates certainly don't volunteer to allow their opponents to receive taxpayer subsidies to bash them. Votes: 3

Anecdote: The East End seemed to be in the grip of yet another economic crisis. ... By the winter of 1933, an army of the unemployed gathered daily outside the dock gates, desperate for a day or 2 paid work. .... There was no cushion, no disaster fund, no stashed savings, no government handouts no syrup that could sweeten the bitter pill of poverty. Votes: 3

Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up. Votes: 1

Most of us are aware of the sacrificial slaughter of Bear Sterns. Some people call it a bailout, but I call it a handout - a government handout to some of the richest people on Earth, paid for by American taxpayers. Votes: 1

We need an equal opportunity society, one in which government does not see its job as picking winners and losers. Where do you go if you want special favors? Government. Where do you go if you want a tax break? Government. Where do you go if you want a handout? Government. This must stop. Votes: 1