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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. | ||
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| + | 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> | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Race baiting]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Liberalism]] | [[Category:Liberalism]] | ||
Revision as of 01:55, March 13, 2019
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.[1]
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.