Work versus Welfare?

"The fundamental fact in the lives of the poor in most parts of America is that the wages of common labor are far below the benefits of AFDC, Medicaid, food stamps, public housing, public defenders, leisure time and all the other goods and services of the welfare state."

-- George Gilder (1939-)
American writer
Source: Wealth And Poverty, 1981

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Gilder.Quote.8AE0

COMMENT: the quote is a bit dated, preceding welfare reform enacted during the Reagan administration, but still valid in many respects today.