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Article: Hints from Eloise. (welfare-reform pioneer Eloise Anderson speaks about race, class, sex and the realities of 'the system')(Interview)
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- June 1, 1997
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Welfare-reform pioneer Eloise Anderson speaks bluntly - as always - about race, class, sex, and the realities of "the system."
"Do you think we should completely abolish welfare?" Leslie Stahl of 60 Minutes asks a contemplative Eloise Anderson, director of California's Department of Social Services, on national TV.
Anderson, staring straight into Stahl's eyes, replies firmly, "Yes."
"You do?" Stahl responds, visibly taken aback.
"Yeah."
"What about those people who find it too hard to work?" asks Stahl after emitting a "Wow."
"I don't understand finding it too hard to work."