As all reasonable liberals stated at the time - the real test of the 1996 welfare reform would happen when the economy hit an economic downturn. I'm sure Mickey can be proud of his accomplishment - massive increases in extreme poverty rates.
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WASHINGTON _ The number of black youths living in extreme poverty is at its highest level in the 23 years that such statistics have been kept, according to a report released Wednesday.
More than 932,000 blacks under age 18 are in that category, a 50 percent increase from the 622,000 classified that way in 1999, according to a Children's Defense Fund analysis of Census Bureau data.