He would abolish welfare and end "taxation of human and physical capital."

Antonio Riley's theory is that abolishing welfare has transformed Thompson, who understands his national reputation will be linked to the program taking its place.

If elected, he says, he would abolish public schools, welfare, Social Security and farm subsidies.

But ask the Postmas about abolishing welfare and they reply that one of their daughters has relied on it.

This entry summarizes the consequences of abolishing welfare, and the odd political dynamics that led to its end.

In abolishing welfare, Congress gave the states annual lump-sum payments, called block grants, to assist the poor virtually any way they saw fit.

By then Republicans in Congress had seized the issue, more eager to abolish welfare than to reform it.

Mr. Lieberman's bill would allow a few state experiments, which would abolish welfare, and use the money to provide other services, like orphanages.

Abolish welfare and use the money saved to provide a refundable tax credit for all our citizens.

However, he also differed from other conservative critics of welfare, such as Charles Murray, who wanted simply to abolish welfare.