Bush '04

[dxoigmn]

Welfare should be setup the same way then.

There is no such thing as welfare anymore since the Welfare Reform Law of 1996.  It was terminated and now the states take care of it.  Learn your facts, it is now obvious you're arguing against something you don't even know or understand.

[quasi-modo]

The federal government is still spending on welfare, they are providing just about all of the cash. The states are deciding who gets it maybe, but that does not make it no longer welfare. The whole thing is still not temporary because people still manage to abuse it.

Further reforms are being talked about now btw.

PS: I thought TANF was a separate thing from straight up finantial aid. I thought it only applied for families with children, etc.

[hismajesty]

There is no such thing as welfare

Ah, so the $97+ billion dollars spent every year is actually being spent on nothing? WTF GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY++.

[Adron]

PS: I thought TANF was a separate thing from straight up finantial aid. I thought it only applied for families with children, etc.

Did you read what was said at the link posted? It wasn't that long... I don't know what all your old welfare systems were, but it sounds very much like they were all replaced by TANF.

[quasi-modo]

But this all seems more geared to families with kids.
4 goals.

#  assisting needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes
# reducing the dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work and marriage
# preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies
# encouraging the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.

Welfare is setup with block grants to states now (so the govt is still paying for it, the states are just picking who), but I had thought there was a distinction. I am going to read more, but that was what I thought before the link was posted too.