"[Pres Clinton's] welfare reform was a meanspirited thing to do—“ one of the most regressive social programs promulgated by a democratic government in the twentieth century,” in the words of the sociologist Loïc Wacquant, who has studied the subject in depth."

Frank, Thomas (2016-03-15). Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? (p. 104). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition.