[applause] i assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [laughter] [applause] i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago as a selected their Vice President al nominee that it pays to take a little more time. [applause] and i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. [applause] so i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien and Yvonne Braithwaite burke. [applause] so tonight i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. [cheers] this afternoon i crossed the wide missouri to recommend a running mate of wide vision and deep compassion, senator tom eagleton. [cheers] [applause] im proud to have him at my side, and im proud to have been introduced a moment ago by one of the most eloquent
It is a tax credit that people with low incomes receive as a kind of bonus for working, the more they earn, the larger the tax credit up to a certain point. Then that, clinton and first Lady Hillary Clinton were engaged in a deeply divisive with congress and the American People in general that the future of the health care system. Clintons efforts to Reform Health care at the time failed, so the white house was occupied with health care at the time. And then in 1995, a new congress was inaugurated. This congress was controlled by republicans. That led to a year and a half of haggling between republicans and congress and the white house over what kind of welfare reform would ultimately be enacted. Eventually in the summer of 1996, almost 20 years ago to the day, clinton signed the welfare reform bill. That bill was signed in 1996. What were some of the key changes it made in the welfare system . Max i think the most important change is that welfare can no longer be taken for granted. Pe
Advantage of by blacks, and that most blacks are on welfare. They should go to the Public Library and look up the data. Look up the facts. They dont know that we have three classes, just like everybody else. We have the wealthy, the middle class, and the poor. Some very poor. We will not be angry with people if we know the facts. We would not be so bitter because we have something going on in our country now where there is a lot of animosity and resentment and hate, but by people that are not informed. Gloria, i am going to thank you for your call. You can see a beautiful picture of our Nations Capital there. It is 9 00 here in bc. Dc there will be plenty of time for your calls when we open up the phone lines again tomorrow morning at 7 00 on washington journal. On august 22, 1996, president of clinton signed a law aimed at reducing the number of americans who depend on Welfare Benefits. Temporary assistance for needy families, or tanf replaced a Welfare Program called a to families wi
Groups. You will get the people that are looking for the handout coming into the office with far less frequency. That enables you to focus your energies on those in need of aid. It also means there is less abuse of the taxpayer. There we go. In welfare reform, we basically had two goals. The first was to establish work requirements, not just to a game aid to families with dependent children, but also work requirements for food stamps. Secondly, and most importantly, to deal with the problem of out of wedlock childbearing and increase the number of children born inside marriage. Those were important. I think we made some modest progress on both of those fronts. Certainly not everything we could have done. This is going to be a very familiar chart. You saw one version of this. This is the temporary assistance with needy family caseload. This goes back to the time of the korean war. This is essentially the same data he was presenting. What we can see is that for a 55 year period, that red
Some 14,000-odd women are determined to reform men indulging in alcoholism, gambling and domestic violence in eastern UP. Namita Bajpai catches up with them