Newsweek columnist Robert J. Samuelson examines the history of the Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
I found this observation especially interesting:
One lesson is that what people do for themselves often overshadows what government does for them. Since 1991, for example, the teen birthrate has dropped by a third. The mothers least capable of supporting children have had fewer of them. Welfare reform didn’t single handedly cause this. But it reinforced a broader shift in the social climate?one emphasizing personal responsibility over victimhood.
