[ari-freedom]

Tommy was the one who made Welfare reform a success story for the GOP

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yes. He did. But he didn’t put any stop-gaps in place and the Dems in this state screwed it up and made it worse than before!

It never did catch on nation-wide...ask any freeloader in any state. We have hundreds a week pouring in from IL, MN & MI to take advantage of Wisconsin Taxpayers...

Now that he’s kicked the Unionistas to the curb, I’m hoping that Governor Walker tackles welfare reform in his tenure.

[muawiyah]

Welfare Reform "happened" because of something called "Move Update" combined with an FDR era rule that said if a welfare recipient moved to a new address the welfare got cut off until the recipient's case was reviewed by a welfare worker ~ plus there was this "in person" identification thing ~ Roosevelt's folks, wild eyed liberals that they were, did not trust black and white photos ~ they wanted to see you in person!

Move Update demonstrated to state welfare agencies that about half their recipients had moved. The state welfare folks cut off the welfare. The recipients didn't come up to protest.

Which proved, I think, that about half of all welfare was given out under fraudulent conditions.

I don't think Tommy Thompson ever said that ~ in fact, he strikes me as the kind of guy who wouldn't believe it if he were hit upside the head with a mail sack full of forwarding orders for welfare recipients.