[oh8eleven]

“Transitional” from what? Birth to death?
Nope, transitional from generation to generation. I think we're on our 3rd generation of "poor" folk since the passing of LBJ's "Great Society." The SOB.

[digger48]

We now have a generation that is growing up not knowing one single person in their family to have ever held a job.

Gonna be really hard to turn this tide.

[cradle of freedom]

That little three year old child who was learning the finer points of gangster behavior on youtube is a third generation beneficiary of transitional assistance. His mother had him when she was thirteen and his father was fourteen. In another twelve years he will be a proud daddy.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I wish. When I taught welfare and food stamp moms to look for work back in the 80’s and 90’s, some of them were fifth and sixth generation recipients. Remember, many of them have their first child between 13 and 16.