Promises the moderate-conservative Republican, should he be elected America's president: "Making a play for middle-class voters, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought Tuesday to elevate welfare reform as a campaign issue, accusing President Barack Obama of encouraging a 'culture of dependency.' Campaigning near the president's hometown of Chicago, Romney suggested Obama had dismantled the 1996 welfare reform overhaul signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Romney said that, if elected, he would make sure welfare recipients are required to work. 'We will end a culture of dependency and restore a culture of good hard work,' Romney said."
The article continues about Romney's comments: "The Romney campaign pressed the welfare issue in a new ad criticizing Obama for his decision last month to change welfare requirements. The White House said Obama wanted to give states the flexibility they had been seeking to tailor the program to their needs. But some conservatives fear the increased latitude could allow states to get around the work requirements, which were a key element of the welfare overhaul under Clinton. Romney was among several Republican governors who signed a letter in 2005 asking for more 'waiver authority.' Romney is a former Massachusetts governor."
More: "His campaign sees Obama's decision on welfare as an opportunity to argue that the president is a liberal who wants to give the poor a free pass at the expense of the middle class. 'His policies will take America backward — back to the discredited liberalism of a bygone era where bigger government programs and bigger government checks were the answer to every problem, and accountability was not on the agenda,' said Lanhee Chen, Romney's policy director."
Romney: "I'll Put Work Back Into Welfare"
