WELFARE
RECIPIENTS DWINDLE

Topics: Government; Money; Poor People; Poverty; Welfare; Work

References: Deuteronomy 24:21; Malachi 3:6–15; 1 Timothy 5:9–16

The number of welfare recipients in the United States is going down. Here are some U.S. Health and Human Services Department statistics:

•     1965: 4.3 million

•     1971: approximately 10 million

•     1981: approximately 11.5 million

•     1989: approximately 11 million

•     1994: 14.2 million

•     2000: 5.8 million

—Adrienne Lewis, “USA Today “Snapshots” (May 15, 2001)