Sentence examples for welfare cheque from inspiring English sources

Social conservatives complain that for many families, a welfare cheque has replaced the male breadwinner, making him superfluous.

They try to hide how many they have because many landlords prefer not to house families, certainly not those relying on the welfare cheque.

After he paid Sherrena his $550 rent out of his welfare cheque, Lamar had only $2.19 a day for the month.

But if you are an old woman waiting for her 2,000-rupee 2,000-rupeeque or a student activist in a military dungeon welfare for your next interrogation session, you are not likely to dream of motorways and new airports.

Zerzan has been described by critics as one of those anarchists who "carry a black flag in one hand and a welfare cheque in the other", to which he replies that he doesn't know anyone on welfare.

When he is forced to repay a welfare cheque he has been sent in error and falls behind on rent, he sells his food stamps for half their face value and volunteers to paint an upstairs apartment, but it is not enough.

Around 4m adults currently get welfare cheques, and about half of these are long-term recipients.

No one can accuse the state of diluting incentives to earn by handing out welfare cheques if the beneficiaries are still crawling around in nappies.

His parents were artists and the family lived in a one-bedroom apartment, getting by on welfare cheques and sharing a bed.

Whether it is the consequence of tough reform policies or the booming economy, fewer than 3m American families today receive welfare cheques, compared with over 5m in 1994.Much less clear, however, is what happens next.

A government could simply pass a law saying that the wages of public workers, welfare cheques and government debts would henceforth be paid in a new currency, converted at an official fixed rate.