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That Welfare is a desirable end and therefore is worthy of reform.

I too reject that premise-since I have seen how wonderful welfare works firsthand. My late sister was a welfare queen for more than 10 years. She was pathetic,lazy,and only wanted to party.She had no ambition,no skills,no car,and couldn't keep a man in her life unless he wanted to just lay around with her occasionally or slap her around.(No man worth his salt wants a lazy,unintelligent woman for a mate!!)
I saw what it did to her kids (who,incredibly,managed to carve out very good lives for themselves and are hard-working and productive people-thanks to other family members interceding).
She just wasted away because she just didn't care.She talked about getting a job but couldn't afford school or child care.Then there was no point in looking any more,as far as she was concerned.She died in poverty.
I'm telling this story not to try and garner sympathy or make excuses for her,Lord knows,she could have taken care of herself if she really wanted to..but living on welfare doesn't foster an atmosphere of ambition,resolve or courage. It sucks the ambition,self-worth and energy out of those who are on it. Because of it,there's no accountability or personal responsibility.It's like winning the lottery for many people. There has to be a movement to smash that perception and get people up off their butts and working.

“My late sister was a welfare queen for more than 10 years.”

That’s a very tough thing to have to admit about someone who is, or at least was at one time, close to you. It must give you a very different view from which such a destructive system can be made better.

So just let me gently suggest that it is not productive to speak of ‘reform’ when discussing destructive systems such as welfare. One gets lost in arguments about ways to make the system more workable or how better to treat its beneficiaries (victims), when what is needed is to simply take it out with the rest of the garbage.

Sorry about your sister. RIP