Public Interest
Aug. 31, 2006
Statistics Don't Measure the Failures of Welfare Reform
FORUM COLUMN - The welfare reform law, signed into effect 10 years ago by President Clinton, went too far in one direction and not far enough in others. Clinton's promise in his first State of the Union address to "end welfare as we know it" may have been
Forum Column
By Vanessa Lee
The welfare reform law, signed into effect 10 years ago by President Clinton, went too far in one direction and not far enough in others. Clinton's promise in his first State of the Union address to "end welfare as we know it" may have been met in the sense that policy shifted from one based on need and entitlement to one laden with penalties, time limit...
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