Actually, welfare benefits are much lower than they were under Johnson's Great Society programs. They declared a War on Poverty back in the 60s, and it did about as well as the current War on Drugs. We've actually been cutting welfare benefits for some time, culminating in the reforms done under the Clinton administration.
Are those lower benefits spread across a wider demographic, or has the demographic been reduced as well? Just wondering about "10% of the population on $$" versus "40% on $"...
