When Bill Clinton “ended welfare as we know it” by signing PRWORA, centrist Dems in the DLC and similar orgs predicted that would defang the right’s “welfare queen” attack. Instead, public opinion on welfare barely budged and now non-cash aid like SNAP and Medicaid are “welfare.”
You pay taxes to cover welfare for people who just choose not to work. That’s why I launched a welfare-to-work requirement.
If you’re young, healthy, and get government assistance, you should work, go to school, or volunteer.