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Christopher Jencks Quotes

1936–2025

Christopher Jencks (October 22, 1936 – February 8, 2025) was an American social scientist.

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Most people assume that low benefits just force recipients to live frugally. But low benefits have another, more sinister effect that neither conservatives nor liberals like to acknowledge: they force most welfare recipients to lie and cheat in order to survive.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christopher Jencks (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.