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Awful: Obama Turns Back the Clock on Welfare Reform

loisoo01 Wrote: Jul 17, 2012 7:55 PM
you have no idea what this article is about do you?
rmt5 in MA Wrote: Jul 17, 2012 8:13 PM
loooooooois-----------anytime someone is spouting "less rights" in regard to Americans that is a RED (pun intended) flag!

The only time you lefties want "more rights" is for terrorists and illegal aliens.

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We briefly covered this issue last week, but it's worth circling back and exploring further. President Obama's unilateral 'gutting' of the 1996 welfare reform legislation last week is both morally abhorrent and in violation of the law's plain text.  Let's recall why President Clinton decided to sign this controversial bill into law in the mid-90s after a grueling Congressional battle:
 


 

"A long time ago, I concluded that the current welfare system undermines the basic values of work, responsibility and family -- trapping generation...

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