claim: "he reformed welfare before others tried."
author: rudy giuliani
evidence_1: "he reformed welfare before others tried." — politifact national on friday, january 18th, 2008. false. distorting the view. rudy giuliani · ''the leading democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern america.'' — politifact national on tuesday, november 13th, 2007.
evidence_2: apr 1, 2016 ... by the numbers, welfare reform was a success. more than 13 million people received cash assistance from the government in 1995, before the law was passed. today, just 3 million do. “simply put, welfare reform worked because we all worked together,” bill clinton, who signed into law welfare reform, ...
evidence_3: nov 30, 2017 ... though poverty rates have remained consistent, texas has significantly reduced the traditional welfare it provides to poor texans through cash assistance over ... texas' reduction of its traditional welfare rolls dates to 1996, when congress reformed welfare and created the temporary assistance for needy ...
evidence_4: aug 22, 2016 ... as recently as april of this year, former president bill clinton defended the welfare reform bill he signed into law on august 22, 1996—twenty years ... (we use the term “cash welfare” to distinguish it from other forms of assistance, such as housing vouchers and food stamps, which have pre-designated uses.).
evidence_5: may 12, 2014 ... in 1996, congress “reformed” our existing welfare system in much the same way rep. paul ryan (r-wi) wants to “reform” medicaid and other anti-poverty programs: they killed off the federal entitlement and turned the money over to the states to implement new models of welfare as they saw fit. it was a ...