Clinton Touts Biggest Drop in Welfare Rolls
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WASHINGTON — President Clinton said Wednesday that his administration has witnessed the largest decline ever in the nation’s welfare rolls: a drop of 3.6 million since he took office.
The president said it is “yet another piece of evidence that welfare reform is working far better than anyone had predicted it would.”
The decline also has been attributed to the nation’s strong economy.
Clinton said that in the first 10 months of the new law, through this June, welfare rolls declined by 1.7 million to slightly less than 10.5 million.
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