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Yet the poll also found that on specific issues of welfare and immigration reform, there's not much support for the harshest measures. Fully 78% of those questioned thought the welfare system was in need of a fundamental shake-up, and 52% thought government should spend less on it. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down on the Downtrodden | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

It's not just that Newt is new; it's that he has ideas, 10 simple and simplistic solutions embodied in his "Contract with America." Not all of Newt's poll-driven notions are nonsense, of course, but transparency is their common denominator. They seek to gratify the public's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Reinventing Bill Clinton | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

Since Herrnstein died in September, Murray is facing the new round of uproar alone. Not that he's sheepish. After Reaganites discovered his 1984 book Losing Ground, which said poverty programs actually worsened the problems of the poor, he became the sociologist liberals loved to hate. More recently he introduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Whom the Bell Curves | 10/24/1994 | See Source »

It is hard to argue with the evidence they cite. Nearly a third of American children are born out of wedlock, and those children are four times as likely as the others to be poor. Unwed mothers average nearly 8 years on welfare, in ^ contrast to 4.8 years overall. "From...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welfare Reform: The Vicious Cycle | 6/20/1994 | See Source »

The most extreme proposal, with very little chance of passage, is the Talent-Faircloth bill, introduced by Representative James Talent and Senator Lauch Faircloth. Their plan would deny benefits to unwed mothers under 21, without promising them a job or any other means of support. The savings would go to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welfare Reform: The Vicious Cycle | 6/20/1994 | See Source »

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