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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Welfare, as you described it, came to an end in 1996, with the passage of comprehensive welfare reform, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act that, in effect, ended welfare as an entitlement program, and imposed requirements that recipients to begin working after two years of receiving benefits and placed a lifetime limit of five years on benefits. Some states have imposed stiffer restrictions and there are a few exceptions in the federal law so as to protect the health and welfare of children after the five year time limit.
As a result, the percentage of individuals receiving welfare (afdc/tanf) dropped from over 5% of the total population in 1995 to under 2% by 2006.....only rising again in the last few years because of the recession.
Using the Reagan "welfare Cadillac queens" and "junkies and baby factories" type anecdotes is dishonest and disingenuous...and years out of date.
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So you're saying 'comprehensive welfare reform' still did not eliminate the abuses?
I'm speaking from my experience of daily interaction with 'abusers'. I could not care less about government-mental statistics or any other propaganda generated to impress the masses. As stated previous, my opinion has been formed through interaction with those dispensing and receiving benefits.
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