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Old 09-17-2007, 05:27 PM   #142
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by skysidhe View Post
Welfare these days is quite different than it was before Clinton. When Clinton was president he inacted the 'welfare reform bill'
Welfare had a term limit on it. Welfare recipients HAD to look for work after a certain amount of time. They got help with child care and transportation.
Welfare these days is actually hard to get and for any smart person not worth the hassle.
Welfare reform
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_reform
That doesn't change the fact that;
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When the government tried to help, they created several generations of welfare dependant groups, that gave up working and just squirted out babies to increase their monthly stipend. A tremendous disservice to those people.
Yes, they have changed the system, because they started to realize they had really fucked up in the past.
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