safety net

Government programs aren't the only safety nets that people fall back on. In the first of our "Safety Net Confessionals" we hear from Frank Paiano and one of the cousins he helped financially.

Tax breaks like the home mortgage deduction confer financial benefits, and some argue they're part of the government safety net.

'Welfare' used to simply mean 'well-being'. These days it often has negative connotations and multiple meanings.

'Entitlement' has almost contradictory meanings in casual conversation – and also, depending on your views, in political discourse about the social safety net

How did that phrase — the safety net– become a household term for social programs in the first place?

Our reporter learns to fly on a trapeze — and gets a crash course in safety nets, both real and metaphoric.

One woman's definition of a safety net: Something that lets you take risks, from going to school to flying from a trapeze.

VP candidate says businesses can grow jobs and private donations can displace the safety net.