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04/16/2018 / By JD Heyes

Trump just massively reduced federal welfare expenditures by reinstating the “work requirement” Obama gutted

In the mid-1990s, the Republican-led Congress and President Bill Clinton worked together to pass a significant welfare reform program that was dubbed “Workfare.” Known formally as the “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act,” it essentially required anyone receiving welfare benefits to find work and take a job in order to keep getting assistance. Not only […]

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