Forbes Magazine 2016 Candidates: on Welfare & Poverty


Mary Mayhew: Time limits on welfare benefits, to promote employment

For too long the 1996 federal welfare reforms of time limits and work requirements had been ignored--to the detriment of needy families. There is no doubt that the best way out of poverty is a job. This is what led to our enforcement of a 5-year lifetime limit on TANF benefits. I was not surprised that the results of promoting work rather than discouraging it were shown to be dramatic and a stark contrast to the years of allowing people to remain in poverty, dependent on government assistance.
Source: Forbes Magazine interview on 2018 Maine Gubernatorial race Jun 1, 2017

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2016 Presidential contenders on Welfare & Poverty:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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