Donald J. Devine is a senior scholar at The Fund for American Studies and has been an Adjunct Scholar at The Heritage Foundation since 1992. He served as a senior advisor to Governor Ronald Reagan from 1976 to 1980, and as President Reagan’s civil service director during the president’s first term in office.
“Means tested welfare necessarily crowds out the poor from productive employment by substituting government grants for family earning and community support.” ~Donald J. Devine