Welfare then and now: 1990.(15 YEARS OF LIBERAL INTELLIGENCE)
American Prospect, The, June, 2005 by Jencks, Christopher
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WELL BEFORE BILL CLINTON pledged to "end welfare as we know it, the first issue of The American Prospect included a long article by Kathryn Edin and myself [see "The Real Welfare Problem," Spring 1990] urging liberals to rethink welfare. Our argument rested on two facts. First, both Edin's research and national surveys showed that single mothers seldom survived on welfare alone.
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Most made ends meet by getting additional money under the table. Second, this was no recent development. Welfare benefits had never been adequate to support a family. Politically, we argued, ...
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