The Last Week Tonight host discussed TANF – a system meant to assist families in need but now mired in bias and corruption
John Oliver took aim at a US welfare system that is being “relentlessly abused” by politicians and government officials.
In states all over the country the programme has been abused for decades and completely legally. For every 100 families in poverty nationwide, only 21 received assistance. There were “major and catastrophic changes” including the shift of funding to a block grant which meant that each year states would receive a lump sum but no mechanism was established for increasing that amount over time. It hasn’t increased since 1996 despite inflation and population changes, meaning its real value has fallen by 40%.
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