Welfare causes poverty. According to updated information from the Oregon Department of Human Services, less than 12 percent of the more than 400,000 Oregonians in poverty today receive Temporary Aid to Needy Families payments. Welfare is a result of having too many children.
People are poor because they refuse to work.
At least one parent works in almost 70 percent of poor families with children. According to the article, changes in the economy in recent decades have made it harder for workers with few or obsolete skills to earn enough to keep their families out of poverty. Examples of these economic changes are the downturn of the forest products industry and the rapid expansion of lower wage, service jobs. But a full-time job at the minimum wage doesn't necessarily stave off poverty. No comparable Oregon statistic was available.