For Norm Coleman, questions about welfare miss the whole point of his candidacy. Under a Norm Coleman administration, he says, Minnesota won�t need welfare. Coleman says, �We�ll have jobs. People ask me, �Mayor, what are you doing for kids?�
And I say, �The best thing we can do for kids is make sure their moms and dads have an opportunity to work.�� Coleman says he�ll make sure the employment trends continue by lowering taxes and stimulating growth in the private sector.
Source: MPR Election 98 coverage
Aug 10, 1998
Create safety net; not a web you get stuck in
I understand there is a need for a safety net for the few, the few who are not capable of taking care of themselves. There�s a difference between a net and a web. You think about a safety net, you think about somebody on the high wire at the circus
who fall and bounce in and bounce up and get back on their feet. That�s what welfare should be about. Instead, what we�ve done, you fall off, you fall into the web, you get stuck in cycles of dependency and you never get out.
