Journalist and Policy Writer

Sean Paige

1 article 1995

Sean Paige is a journalist and writer who contributed to The Weekly Standard during its early years. He wrote about social policy and questions surrounding government assistance programs for the magazine.

OUTREACH -- OR DEPENDENCY?

December 18, 1995 · Magazine

PERHAPS NO FEDERAL PROGRAM PROVIDES more damning testimony of the law of unintended consequences, and the grotesque mockery that can be made of our best intentions, than the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. What began in 1973 as a modest effort to aid the aged, blind, and physically…