welfare payments

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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 conditioned the most important forms of direct welfare payments on employment or the search for employment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In Autazes, a town of about 50,000 people, most families depend on government jobs or welfare payments, Mayor José Thomé Neto said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

I mean, essentially, he told people on the streets, “You are not going to get your welfare payments directly. You’re going to have to engage in services if you want this money.”

From Slate • May 30, 2025

A number of Labour MPs have expressed concern in recent weeks about cuts to welfare payments for pensioners and people with disabilities.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

Smaller than expected revenues and rising welfare payments caused the budget deficit to climb to 7.1% of GDP in 1995.

From The 1996 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency