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Brookings Institution analyst [[Ron Haskins]], who as a Republican committee aide helped draft the historic welfare reform measure -- and who favors granting states more latitude. But he also told The Fiscal Times that if the administration "wanted to undermine the work requirement," the new policy "is a way to do it." [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/26/the_truth_about_obama_and_welfare_reform_115208.html] | Brookings Institution analyst [[Ron Haskins]], who as a Republican committee aide helped draft the historic welfare reform measure -- and who favors granting states more latitude. But he also told The Fiscal Times that if the administration "wanted to undermine the work requirement," the new policy "is a way to do it." [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/26/the_truth_about_obama_and_welfare_reform_115208.html] | ||
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| + | Prof. [[Douglas Besharov]]of the University of Maryland said, "If I believed in the work requirements, I wouldn't put in language encouraging states to lift them all." | ||
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Revision as of 18:51, August 31, 2012
Brookings Institution analyst Ron Haskins, who as a Republican committee aide helped draft the historic welfare reform measure -- and who favors granting states more latitude. But he also told The Fiscal Times that if the administration "wanted to undermine the work requirement," the new policy "is a way to do it." [1]
Prof. Douglas Besharovof the University of Maryland said, "If I believed in the work requirements, I wouldn't put in language encouraging states to lift them all."