The Washington Post, February 27, 2016: Bernie Sanders is right: Bill Clinton’s welfare law doubled extreme poverty
“The profound and enduring consequences of that law, and of the rest of Clinton’s policies on poverty, are only just becoming clear. It is a complicated legacy. Economists credit Clinton’s decisions with reducing poverty overall and helping many people find work. Yet recent evidence suggests that financial conditions have worsened for those who could not find work — the poorest of the poor.”