From the 2010 Statistical Abstract of the US
1996 - 4.4 million families (12.3 million recipients) receiving TANF aid and declining every year after the welfare reform was implemented, to:
2007 - 1.7 million families (3.9 million recipients) receiving TANF aid
http://www.census.gov/compendia/stat...es/10s0553.pdf
Facts are a stubborn thing.