There were articles in the New York Times and Chicago Tribune, too. Thanks a lot Clinton and thanks a lot DLC. HRC and Lieberman want stricter work rules for welfare recipiants.
"How did the bipartisanship on this issue begin to fray? And how can we find our way back to the vital center on this vital issue? The answer is the same: President Bush. It is his policy revisions that threaten to reopen the painful divides of the past and his leadership that we need to continue on the path toward progress."
Ah, that vital center. Maybe they should study France.
"• Help continue to move more and more individuals into the work force by giving states the resources they need to continue the innovative work support programs that have enabled millions of Americans to get off and stay off welfare, including child care and transitional health care."
Howabout keeping the unemployment rate as low as possible and keep it there? That would be the radical solution, that would go to the root rather than merely tinkering.
Peter