I need to read the actual Nixcome law, but doesnt it really render welfare and even minimum wage almost irrelevant? If so, maybe we need to explore some bigger changes in the future.
Only if the vast majority of the public starts switching over should we consider forcing everyone to abandon traditional aid.
Correlation =/= Causation
Even though we cannot make claims of proof, that is no excuse to ignore what evidence we have. At the very least, the introduction of welfare reform did not make for any detectable increase in poverty.
No one is ignoring anything. I'm just pointing out that TNF could still be right when he says:
The "welfare reform" policies of the Clinton administration were a step in the wrong direction and have shown themselves to be nothing more than an updated version of the old time "Poor Laws" which once victimized those at the bottom of the economic pyramid centuries ago. It is high time the Atlasian government corrected these failed politics of the past and move back toward a more humane welfare regime.
The graphs certainly do not disprove that.