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Maine’s Successful Welfare Reform and Why It Worked

Genevieve Wood •   April 12, 2016

States are often the best laboratories for testing out what public policies will make life better for their citizens. Maine’s experiment with welfare reform is a great example. When Gov. Paul LePage, only the second Republican governor of Maine in the past 50 years, came into office, one in three people living in the state was on some form of welfare. LePage talked with me about how they turned the system on its head and how those reforms have made the American dream a reality for more of Maine’s citizens.

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Genevieve Wood is a leading voice for The Heritage Foundation as a counselor and spokesperson. Send an email to Genevieve.

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