>TANF is a $16b program in a $2 trillion budget. There
>are lots of reasons to criticize it, but meanwhile we have
>had the creation and expansion of other welfare programs.
>The catch is they are conditional on employment and they
>have funding problems that so far have been lurking but
>not fully come into view. I don't think this adds up to
>"a decline of the welfare state." There is some change
>on the edges and some stagnation, but that's different,
>IMO.
I agree, but the big diff with TANF, aside from funding, is quashing the idea of an entitlement.
Doug