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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (14795)	8/20/2001 9:51:24 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

aaaarrrr....lets have a tankard of rum....

To: Neocon who wrote (14795)	8/20/2001 5:53:33 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

Welfare reform, then and now (from the Federalist): THEN: "The evidence is irrefutable and irreducible: This [welfare reform] legislation, once enacted into law, will create more poverty and hunger among children in America." --Sen. Leftist Paul Wellstone "The best available evidence is that this legislation would substantially increase poverty and destitution while doing too little to change the welfare system to one that provides greater opportunity for families in return for demanding greater responsibility. ... [This welfare reform bill is] the most brutal act of social policy since Reconstruction." --Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan "We know how welfare reform will turn out, too: wages will go down, families will fracture, millions of children will be more miserable than ever." --The New Republic NOW: "From 1995 to 2000, the proportion of kids living with single mothers fell a stunning 8%.... The percentage of black kids living with married parents shot up from 34.8% to nearly 39%. Bill Bennett's Index of Leading Cultural Indicators shows that the percentage of the population on welfare has declined consistently over the past five years -- from 5.5% in 1994 to 2.6% in 1999. That's cutting welfare rolls in half and giving new hope and opportunity to millions. 'Welfare to work' is working. Incentives do, indeed, impact behavior." --FRC's Ken Connor "After a decade-long slide, the proportion of black children living with two married parents increased significantly -- by over 10%-- in the last five years." --New York Times