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. Real welfare reform would not impose deep food stamp cuts on poor families with children. the working poor. the elderly. the disabled. and the unemployed. It would not eliminate the safety net for most poor legal immigrants. including the very old and the infirm. It would not place at risk poor children whose parents are willing to work but are unable to find unsubsidized employment. It would not back up work requirements with the resources needed to make them effective.
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