Words: Clinton feels we should establish a National Affordable Housing trust fund and that there should be tax credits to promote home ownership in distressed areas. She has argued for equal access to capital and jobs. She also advocates fully funding AmeriCorps (more…)

Words: McCain supports block grants and welfare-to-work programs. He also supports poverty programs being shared between government and faith-based organizations.
(more…)

Words: Obama believes that welfare recipients want to work, but need assistance. He feels that faith-based organizations already provide much needed assistance and feels that the government should be doing more.
(more…)

Words: Paul believes that we should abolish federal welfare and leave it to the states.

Actions: Paul voted AGAINST responsible fatherhood (more…)

Words: Romney would require welfare recipients to work.

Actions: As Massachusetts governor, Romney VETOED a $220,000 allocation for state-run homelessness projects (more…)

Words: Biden supports welfare reform and advocates fully funding AmeriCorps. “We’re no longer certain our kids will be better off than us.”

Actions: Biden voted FOR the welfare overhaul (1995) (more…)

Words: Edwards believes that poverty is “America’s great moral challenge in our time”. He supports a higher minimum wage, strengthening the Earned Income Tax Credit, and providing more job training as well as a commission to protect low-income families from predatory lending. (more…)

Words: Giuliani believes that moving people off of welfare reduces crime and feels that welfare offices should serve as job centers - and that companies should receive tax credits for hiring welfare recipients. He also feels we need to address substance abuse, mental illness (more…)

Words: Huckabee supports giving faith-based assistance-providers access to government funds. He also advocates maintaining TANF and Social Services block grants.
(more…)

Words: Kucinich believes that the only way to alleviate poverty is through education. He argues that the public sector has the moral responsibility to provide jobs and that we should promote work over welfare.
(more…)

Words: Richardson advocates a strategy for fighting poverty through an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, an increase in the minimum wage, an expansion of child care, and more accessible unions.
(more…)

Words: Thompson believes that welfare reform empowers the states.

Actions: Thompson voted FOR the welfare overhaul (1995), FOR allowing states welfare waivers (1996) (more…)