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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by dragonwriter on Sunday February 18, 2018 @07:43PM (#16409909)
> Welfare got repealed by Bill Clinton in the 90s.

AFDC got replaced with the more restrictive TANF as the primary federal-funded welfare program in the 1990s by the Republican Congress with Clinton’s support, but welfare was not repealed.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by PeterMikhailov on Monday February 19, 2018 @01:57PM (#16414820)
I'm going to quote from the TANF wikipedia page here:

"There is a maximum of 60 months of benefits within one's lifetime, but some states have instituted shorter periods."

Many Americans think you can collect welfare payments, which are about $300 per person, depending on the state, in perpetuity.

That's just not true.

I still wonder where this 'welfare' system is that people think exist.

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