Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put “unwed” or “welfare” in front of it?

Florynce Kennedy

There’s a group of Americans who are fully employed. They aren’t very well paid or they’re not paid at all. They’re called mothers, and I’ve never heard of a mother who wasn’t a working mother. And that includes the mothers on welfare.

Theresa Funiciello

How come it’s a “subsidy” when Pan American Airlines asks the government for a hundred million dollars to keep flying, but when people ask for considerably less to keep going, it is a federal handout?