2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why It Matters That Hillary Supported Welfare Reform [View all]puffy socks
(1,473 posts)I agree with Hillary on this . Welfare back then was a giveaway to a ton of lazy people who used it for cable TV and they would sell food stamps for money for a 12 pack instead of feeding their kids. I've seen people cheat the system rather easily who say they are "looking" for work and applying for positions they knew they could never get so they could send their copied applications in as "proof" for unemployment and food stamps. Now they have to find work within two years to keep the help, I think that's a good thing.
There are certainly issues with the system because it doesn't help someone making current
min wage who is truly trying to get ahead any possibility of that climb up the ladder and it allows companies such as Walmart to use the system via underpaying their workers and then pointing them to the welfare office.