Sentence examples for were welfare from inspiring English sources

"In my borough some of the first services cut by the council several years ago were welfare rights," he says.

Firstly, the family were troubled about the details of Doherty's injury, the diagnosis and aftercare, but there were welfare issues that concerned them, too.

Most of them were welfare recipients, and they were begging him to sign a bill that would have made adjustments in the city's workfare program.

As governor, meanwhile, Romney dealt routinely with legislation that had ramifications on mothers, whether they were welfare recipients or not.

Whether the targets were "welfare queens", "Willie Horton", or resentment over "affirmative action --the action --thehe saction --there appealat to you" and "they are privileged and are taking from you".

In fact, in 2012 more than 47.8percentt of families receiving food stamp were working (the highest ever), and only 13.2percentt were welfare recipients with no working adults, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Trump began his campaign for President by suggesting that most immigrants from Mexico were welfare-dependent, job-stealing criminals — some were "rapists," in fact — who had been coddled by Republicans and Democrats who were too politically correct to tell such hard truths.

"It's welfare to work," he said.

Their only option will be welfare.

This is welfare as a contest.

–How are welfare benefits determined?