How to fix our (US) welfare programs?

Which programs need fixing, and what would you do about them?

Do you know of a good book on the subject?

Thanks for your dedicated response on the subject - you too seem to have pondered over this issue. Are you an idealistic utopian?

Then what do you think of UN Millenium Project and the economist Jeffrey Sachs' ideas on helping the 3rd world?

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