(Archived document, may contain errors) 7/22/87 169 TIME TO PULL THE PLUG ON WELFARE "REFORM" J ust one year ago, a bipartisan consensus appeared to exist for an historic overhaul of the nation's troubled welfare system. That consensu s rested on three themes: giving states the flexibility to experiment with creative approaches to ending dependency; mandatory "workfare" requirements; and a crackdown on fathers who ignored their financial responsibilities.