Statements about Poverty
"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."
"In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church."
Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor."
Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.
"Poverty levels (are) at an all-time high."
"More Hispanics have fallen into poverty under Obama."
"One out of two Americans … are living either in or near poverty. That means 150 million Americans, half of us."
"It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets."
"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington," every day, 13,000 more people "have been put on food stamps."
Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.
As a result of welfare reform, "poverty levels went down to the lowest level ever for ... African-American children."
"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."
People can use food stamps "for anything," including "to go to Hawaii," and even millionaires can qualify.
In Pennsylvania, President Barack Obama’s policies have increased unemployment 19 percent, led to the loss of 37,900 manufacturing jobs, and left 189,000 more people in poverty.
Under President Barack Obama, "more Americans are in poverty ... than at any time since the Census Bureau began keeping records on it over 50 years ago."
The 9-9-9 plan "does not raise taxes on those that are making the least."
"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.
Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged.
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