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In reply to the discussion: Clinton Wants to Help Families at the Bottom; Will She Change Her Mind on Welfare Reform? [View all]still_one
(98,883 posts)30. How many people you know part of an administration are going to voice an opposite view point in
public when they are part of that administration?
Cyrus Vance, he resigned from the Carter administration is one
Hillary was First Lady she could not do that
How many First Ladies do you know that publicly went against a policy of their husband? It doesn't happen
Judge Hillary on Hillary, not on Bill
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Clinton Wants to Help Families at the Bottom; Will She Change Her Mind on Welfare Reform? [View all]
cali
May 2015
OP
The effects of that "reform" are not tripe. They were very real. I was a single mother with three
jwirr
May 2015
#29
You are talking about welfare reform. Two years of job training and assistance
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#13
We had access to job training before the "reform". What the "reform" did not address was those
jwirr
May 2015
#35
I got my education BEFORE the reform. And the problem with it was that it did not address those
jwirr
May 2015
#49
I totally agree with you on this. Training programs are very valuable. My own education was not
jwirr
May 2015
#55
I imagine she'll do as she has in the past, tweet something that sounds like she cares...
NYC_SKP
May 2015
#10
Sexist bullshit. Her HUSBAND passed legislation. I don't like Hillary but this shows how
KittyWampus
May 2015
#20
Totally sexist. SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. She has a record as Senator-
KittyWampus
May 2015
#25
Maybe because it perpetuates negative stereotypes of certain groups being dependent and lazy ...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#46
Yes, Hillary has been a long time advocate for children, she has also advocated for women and their
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#33