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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 05:44 AM Original message |
What happened when President Clinton "ended welfare as we know it?" |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Clinton changed indefinite "welfare" to a one with terms of only three years of receiving |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. a random limit on giving help |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. our society got poorer. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. maybe our "society" did, depending on how you define it |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. +1 |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. statistically, I am in the wealthiest 10% of humans |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. our society didn't get poorer |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. thanks for the reply |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. arbitrarily adjusted eligibility and set a time limit on benefits |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. What happened? The Republicans became angry that Clinton stole welfare reform from them. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And how did that work out? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yup. nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. A lot of harm was inflicted, and is still being inflicted, among those who have the least among us. |
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