Getting welfare right.(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, July, 2002 by Kuttner, Robert
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IN 1996, PRESIDENT CLINTON KEPT HIS CAMPAIGN pledge to end welfare as we know it. By the time the bill finally passed, Republicans controlled Congress and the reform seemed draconian. Three senior sub-cabinet officials resigned in protest. The program ended welfare as an federal entitlement, substituted temporary benefits, and converted the entire emphasis to moving people off welfare and into paid work. It increased funding for child care, but not enough for every newly employed former welfare recipient.
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However, the program did give states a good deal of flexibility. It also ...
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