Welfare-Reform

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Ends Welfare Entitlement

| Importance: 9/10

President Bill Clinton signs the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), fulfilling his 1992 campaign promise to “end welfare as we know it.” The legislation represents the most significant overhaul of the American welfare system since the New …

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Manhattan Institute Founded by CIA Director William Casey - Intelligence-Policy Crossover

| Importance: 8/10

In 1978, William J. Casey and Antony Fisher established the International Center for Economic Policy Studies (ICEPS) in Manhattan, which would be renamed the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research in 1981. Casey, a neoconservative who would become Reagan’s CIA Director from 1981 to 1987, …

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