Their notions were long ago taken out of the think tanks and put into action. They became the policies that govern urban America today. In recent decades, liberals have controlled Congress while conservatives have controlled the White House. Each faction got what it wanted most, trading away issues of lesser importance. The liberal welfare state encourages babies to have babies and fathers to disappear.
Children grow up without models of responsible working adults.
They come to associate regular checks in the mail with nothing more than watching television. They get the message that the world owes them a living. For many, that means whoever has a spare wallet, purse or car had better ante up. Welfare pays the overhead for many of the young criminals stalking the streets. They may not be on welfare themselves, but many take their sustenance from those who are.