[hcurtiss]

I struggle to think of major social programs that we've cut at all, much less "to the bone."

[mlillie]

There was a sea change in views on welfare in the 80s-90s[1], culminating with the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. Between means-testing, spending caps and staffing cuts, virtually all welfare programs have been decimated over the last 25 years.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_programs_in_the_United_...