The newest blog in town, Ian Donnis’s Not for Nothing, clued me in to this article by Brian C. Jones detailing the facts on welfare recipients in Rhode Island.

I can speak from first-hand experience that poor families in Rhode Island hardly seem to be making out. I recently worked with a single mom struggling to find housing for herself and her son — housing that she could afford on welfare.

But curiously, the legends of welfare interlopers and, even more puzzling monsters — “The Poverty Pimps” — continue. Could it be that the professionals at The Poverty Institute are actually dedicating their time to advocating for help for the poor, working to help them get the training and support needed to get off welfare? Nope, not possible. Not conspiratorial enough.