
Originally Posted by
Latrinsorm
Door (3) it is. Let's break it down by claim:
1. reduced the number of poor people.
Surely this undermines your position. If welfare encouraged people to stay poor, there would be the same or more, not less.
2. sustained health for children
This doesn't seem relevant.
3. sustained income gains for children
Children grow up and get better jobs, and thus are not on welfare anymore.
I'm at a loss for how you think the sentence does anything but explode your claims.