What we did when we ended "welfare as we know it" was flood the labor market with hundreds of thousands of unskilled people able to find, at best, minimum wage jobs. At the same time, welfare benefits such as health and dental care were taken away.
How much better off are these people? Having a job is better than having nothing at all to do except sit around and watch TV. But forcing people to work while taking
away benefits has added millions to the poverty level.
The next big move will be to take away or reduce Social Security and Medicare benefits. The Repugnants could probably have got this done if Bush had not invaded Iraq and become a lame-duck as well as the most unpopular president in years — maybe ever.
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