Welfare Reform Revisited
U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Report of the President
Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Fifteen years have passed since changes in welfare administration imposed tighter restrictions on poor families with children that were seeking cash assistance.
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Perspectives from expert contributors.
Many Republicans now advocate similar restrictions and cuts in other forms of assistance to the poor on the grounds that they discourage work. Newt Gingrich asserts that janitorial employment for poor children would improve their work ethic.
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