People who supported the 1996 welfare reform claim that the earlier system ________
a. encouraged welfare dependency.
b. encouraged women to marry.
c. discouraged women from having children.
d. did not do enough to help the poor.
Question 2
By 2008, the welfare reforms enacted in 1996 had ________
a. cut the number of people receiving assistance by more than half.
b. dramatically reduced the poverty rate to almost zero.
c. had no effect on the number of people receiving public assistance.
d. doubled the number of people receiving assistance.