Word: reformer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although Wilson raised concerns over the reforms, the 1996 welfare reform bill passed with bipartisan support in Washington...
Simpson blamed the media for highlighting the reform's failures--but not its successes...
Professor of Public Policy Mary Jo Bane, who resigned from her post as assistant secretary on welfare in the Clinton administration after the 1996 reform bill passed, said that while reformers in 1996 were well-intentioned, they may have created more problems than they solved...
While Massachusetts has taken a hard-line stance on welfare reform, Bane hopes that the historical-liberal state will help the 5,000 families who will be kicked off the rolls next year. She says that politicians who have played themselves as "tough" on welfare reform now should try to help the families who struggle the most...
...addition to the dearth of adequate safety nets, some professors said the reform perpetuates class bias. Richard P. Taub, a visiting scholar in the W.E.B. DuBois Institute who teaches Afro-American Studies 194z: "Economic Development in the Inner City," said the hard-lined stance indicates widening class schisms...