“Volumes of research have shown that Great Society welfare policies—such as public housing and aid to families with dependent children—fuel family dissolution, community fragmentation, generational joblessness, and government dependency….The Obama administration [is] more adroit at excuse-making and blame-shifting that creating opportunity, and seems ideologically incapable of pursuing the policies that fulfill the moral promise of earned success for all Americans.” Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, from “A ‘47%’ Solution for Romney” in The Wall Street Journal today.