Tag: Ronald Reagan

Trump Labor Department Announces It will Honor Ronald Reagan, the Man who Broke American Labor


EVERY YEAR THE Department of Labor posthumously honors Americans “whose distinctive contributions to the field of labor have enhanced the quality of life of millions yesterday, today, and for generations to come.” Past honorees have included socialist leader Eugene Debs and labor organizer Cesar Chavez.Today, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced that the department’s first honoree under the Trump administration would be a former president: Ronald Reagan.This marks perhaps the first time the Department of Labor has honored someone who openly and actively diminished the power of American labor unions.

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20 Years Later, Poverty Is Up, But Architects of “Welfare Reform” Have No Regrets


This week marks the 20th anniversary of “welfare reform,” the 1996 law passed by Congress and administered by President Bill Clinton that strictly limited the amount of federal cash assistance that the poorest Americans can receive — transforming the Aid for Families with Dependent Children program into the more restrictive Temporary Aid for Needy Families.One of the main impacts of the law was to help double the number of American households living in extreme poverty in America – defined as living on less than $2 a day.

Source: 20 Years Later, Poverty Is Up, But Architects of “Welfare Reform” Have No Regrets