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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Freeman][quote=Anonymous]Romney hasn't suggested eliminating TANF, just reinstating the work requirement.  I don't think that's inconsistent with having been on welfare as a child.  [/quote]

Reinstating what? The work requirement that was never eliminated?[/quote]

There is all the difference in the world between a welfare program where the work requirements may not be waived, and one where they may be waived.  Welfare reform was passed to implement the first approach; the Obama Administration has used an implausible interpretation of the statute to convert it into the second.   Romney is not lying about this.  [/quote]

States get to choose not requiring work as one of many program options.  That's what conservatives love, right?  State's rights?

But not requiring someone to work may be a good thing.  Perhaps a single mother who can't find child care?   A single mom of a disabled child, regardless of age?  [/quote]

All you are saying is that you think the change in policy is a good one.  Reasonable people can disagree about such issues.  That doesn't make Romney's criticism of the change a lie.  [/quote]

The way he constructed his campaign ads about it was completely disingenuous and, IMO, unethical. It does not present anything close to reality.
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