AUDIO: In Hard Times, Welfare Cases Drop In Some States

AUDIO: In Hard Times, Welfare Cases Drop In Some States
National Public Radio
Pam Fessler
August 22, 2011
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Monday marks 15 years since President Clinton signed an overhaul of the nation's welfare system into law. The president said the measure wasn't perfect, but provided a historic opportunity to fix a system that didn't work.  What it was supposed to begin was a program that would get the poor into the workforce and end their dependence on public aid.  In bad economic times, it was also supposed to provide a safety net. A new study finds, however, that in the past few years that hasn't always been the case.

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