Smallest welfare rolls in 30 years President Clinton kept his promise to reform the welfare system by supporting work and responsibility, moving millions to work--1.3 million in 1998 alone, reducing the welfare rolls by more than half, to the lowest level in 30 years, and nearly doubling child support collections. |
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