Neoconservatives came to believe that well-intentioned government social programs did more harm than good. in many cases, welfare, for example, not only failed to alleviate poverty, but also encouraged single motherhood and undermined the work ethic.
(a) true
(b) false

The correct answer is true.

It is true that Neoconservatives came to believe that well-intentioned government social programs did more harm than good. In many cases, welfare, for example, not only failed to alleviate poverty but also encouraged single motherhood and undermined the work ethic. 

During the 1960s, Neoconservatism became a political movement in the United States that raised concerns about the pacifist foreign policy of the Democratic Party and issues such as society responding to the Vietnam War and the Counterculture movement. This Neoconservatism increased its presence in recent years a had a considerable grade of influence during the presidency of Gorge W. Bush and the interventionist policy that supported the invasion of Iraq.