Much-Needed Welfare Reform
11 May 2018
Mimi Teixeira, Graduate Fellow in Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation, discusses much-needed reforms in the welfare system, how over the years many states have weakened welfare’s work requirements and why voters support food stamp reforms in the Farm Bill.
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