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Linda Taylor, Reagan, and race-baiting
A '''welfare queen''' is someone who manipulates the [[welfare]] system to their gain (not necessarily female). This is most commonly done by collecting benefits (e.g. unemployment, food stamps, [[Medicaid]], etc.) for long periods of time, sometimes indefinitely, without trying to improve one's financial situation by finding a job. It can also refer to someone who collects welfare fraudulently. Welfare queens are often lazy and have an undeserved sense of entitlement to [[government]] handouts.
A '''welfare queen''' is someone who manipulates the [[welfare]] system to their gain (not necessarily female). This is most commonly done by collecting benefits (e.g. unemployment, food stamps, [[Medicaid]], etc.) for long periods of time, sometimes indefinitely, without trying to improve one's financial situation by finding a job. It can also refer to someone who collects welfare fraudulently. Welfare queens are often lazy and have an undeserved sense of entitlement to [[government]] handouts.
The concept of a welfare queen was popularized by then-candidate [[Ronald Reagan]] during the [[United States presidential election, 1976]]. At the time, Reagan spoke generally about a specific welfare queen without mentioning her by name. Later, it was revealed that [[Linda Taylor]] was the person Reagan was referencing.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2013/12/linda_taylor_welfare_queen_ronald_reagan_made_her_a_notorious_american_villain.html The Welfare Queen]</ref>
The concept of a "welfare queen" has become a sort of a dog-whistle for race-hustling socialists who seek to play the race card and gain an electoral advantage. Someone needs to let them know that Linda Taylor was white.
==See also==
* [[Race baiting]]
==References==
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[[Category:Liberalism]]
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