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6. "....freedom produces opportunity. And I would encourage each of you to embrace what I call opportunity conservatism, which means that we should look at and judge every proposed domestic policy with a laser focus on how it impacts the least among us—how it helps the most vulnerable Americans climb the economic ladder.
Historically, our nation has enjoyed remarkable economic mobility. About 60 percent of the households that were in the lowest income quintile in 1999 were in a higher quintile ten years later. During the same decade, almost 40 percent of the richest households fell to a lower quintile.
This is a nation where you can rise or fall. It is a nation where you can climb the economic ladder based not on who you are born to, or what class you are born into, but based on your talents, your passion, your perseverance, and the content of your character.
The political left in our country seeks to reach down the hand of government and move people up the economic ladder. This attempt is almost always driven by noble intentions. And yet it never, ever works." https://imprimisarchives.hillsdale.edu/file/archives/pdf/2013_05_Imprimis.pdf
7. One need simply look at the result of Liberal welfare policy: "All this spending has not bought an appreciable reduction in poverty. … the poverty rate has remained relatively constant since 1965, (Since that time, U.S. taxpayers have spent over $22 trillion on anti-poverty programs (in constant 2012 dollars) despite rising welfare spending.
In fact, the only appreciable decline occurred in the 1990s, a time of state experimentation with tightening welfare eligibility, culminating in the passage of national welfare reform (the Personal Responsibility and Work Responsibility Act of 1996).
And, since 2006, poverty rates have risen despite a massive increase in spending. Census Bureau, “Table 5–Percent of People
by Ratio of Income to Poverty Level: 1970–2010,”
Poverty.
Historically, our nation has enjoyed remarkable economic mobility. About 60 percent of the households that were in the lowest income quintile in 1999 were in a higher quintile ten years later. During the same decade, almost 40 percent of the richest households fell to a lower quintile.
This is a nation where you can rise or fall. It is a nation where you can climb the economic ladder based not on who you are born to, or what class you are born into, but based on your talents, your passion, your perseverance, and the content of your character.
The political left in our country seeks to reach down the hand of government and move people up the economic ladder. This attempt is almost always driven by noble intentions. And yet it never, ever works." https://imprimisarchives.hillsdale.edu/file/archives/pdf/2013_05_Imprimis.pdf
7. One need simply look at the result of Liberal welfare policy: "All this spending has not bought an appreciable reduction in poverty. … the poverty rate has remained relatively constant since 1965, (Since that time, U.S. taxpayers have spent over $22 trillion on anti-poverty programs (in constant 2012 dollars) despite rising welfare spending.
In fact, the only appreciable decline occurred in the 1990s, a time of state experimentation with tightening welfare eligibility, culminating in the passage of national welfare reform (the Personal Responsibility and Work Responsibility Act of 1996).
And, since 2006, poverty rates have risen despite a massive increase in spending. Census Bureau, “Table 5–Percent of People
by Ratio of Income to Poverty Level: 1970–2010,”
Poverty.
