Four lessons learned in fighting poverty that informed 1990's reform of welfare. Notes from the presentation.
Require work.Any job is a step up.
Reward work.
Two parent family.
Grow the economy.
1.1 million on welfare (in New York) plunges to 300,000.
Work rate for never married mothers went from 43% to 63%.
Child Poverty in NYC went from 43% to 28%.
African-American child poverty in US dropped from 44% in 1994 to 30% in 2001.
Government can't deliver on promises. Only people can deliver on promises.
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