21.   And we will consolidate municipal aid and county welfare programs into one unified system that serves participants better.

22.   At a time when Medicare, Medicaid and other social welfare programs are being curtailed, they say, many tax policies which explicitly benefit corporations cannot be justified.

23.   As they see it, it would reward lawlessness, increase illegal immigration, and expand the number of people eligible for social welfare programs.

24.   At one point, Gov. Fife Symington had threatened to implement the welfare program without federal approval, jeopardizing millions of dollars to the poor.

25.   At one point, Gov. Fife Symington threatened to implement the welfare program without federal approval, jeopardizing millions of dollars to the poor.

26.   At the lowest income levels, welfare programs have offered support to single mothers, but not to men alone.

27.   At the same time, his main political competitor, the religious Shas party, received considerable funding for its welfare programs.

28.   At the news conference, a number of conservatives said tax incentives for families would do more to improve the lives of children than welfare programs.

29.   At the state level, Texas created the Workforce Commission to oversee its welfare programs.

30.   Back at Yale, he studied the economically disadvantaged and the inadequacies and inefficiencies of federal and state welfare programs.