- Ten years ago yestarday (8/22) President Clinton signed the Welfare Reform Act which infuriated committed liberals.
- The Los Angeles Times said portions of the bill were shameful and would hurt children.
- The New York Times called it atrocious.
- Well they were wrong.
- By insisting that Americans train themselves to work and actively look for a job, the amount of families on the dole has dropped by a whopping 57%.
- And about 1.6 million kids have been lifted out of poverty because their parents were forced to work.
- According to the US Census Bureau black children have benefited the most.
- The poverty rate for female-headed families with children has fallen 15%.
- As you may know 70% of African-American babies are now born out of wedlock.
- So by all rational standards, welfare reform has been a stunning success.
- But we hear little about that from the politicians who voted against reform.
- People like Senator’s Kennedy, Feinstein, Boxer, Dodd, Lahey, and Murray.
- Likewise, Congresswoman Pelosi and other liberal House members have not celebrated the bill's success.
- Politicians that lock themselves into a specific ideology and reject common sense are not looking out for us.
- The far-left thinks the federal government should mandate "economic justice."
- They think the feds and states should give people money to elevate their standard of living.
- But that's a false promise.
- Hard work and honesty is the true key to a fulfilling life.
- The feds owe us security, protection and justice.
- That’s it.
- Welfare reform has improved the lives of millions of Americans.
- Liberals were on the wrong side of the issue (most still are) as they are on the wrong side of illegal immigration and the terror-war today.
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