Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 29, 1980
Transcript:
Reagan: The point I want to make here is that I think it's time we put behind us the discredited policies of federal handouts! The welfare state has brought nothing but moral decay. Time and again, the welfare system has led directly to crime and the dissolution of families. Rick: Governor Reagan, do you have any evidence for such a claim? Reagan: Certainly. I refer you to one report I have here from the "New York Daily News" of May 2, 1953... Rick: 1953? Reagan: "Nab Welfare Mom in Baby Axing."