It's nothing but a welfare program, and welfare programs generally don't work. Besides, we simply can't afford it.

Prison is, simply put, the bottom rung of the welfare ladder.

The harsh reality is in many instances they're actually better off on welfare.

We don't have anything in the safety net other than welfare, which is why there's nothing else to catch them on the way down, so they end up on the welfare rolls -- which is inappropriate.

The council is challenged to work for the welfare of the city as a whole, not for a few individuals within the city that don't agree with us.

If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied.