2/ In 1996, Clinton’s reform cut TANF rolls by 60% — about 8 million people — by requiring able-bodied adults to work.
But TANF was small compared to today’s welfare state.
Medicaid now covers 83 MILLION people.Food stamps? 42 MILLION.
The 1996 reform barely touched them. https://t.co/29CMdUfeQi
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