&gt; &quot;welfare&quot; has negative connotations<p>&gt; People do not like paying welfare.<p>We should work on fighting this perception.  Welfare is actually good.<p>There was a time in the past (&#x27;30s-&#x27;70s) when welfare wasn&#x27;t a bad word.  People <i>liked</i> the idea of welfare. It was a positive idea.<p>That we&#x27;re still all talking like this, like welfare is a handout to worthless losers, etc is a testament to the success of Reaganite conservative politics.  We all talk like Gordon Gekko now.<p>We should rehabilitate the word and the idea.<p>Say it with me:<p>WELFARE IS GOOD AND COOL.