The definition of poverty is an economic state where ones annual income is below that judged necessary to support a pre-determined minimal standard of living. The 1993 Census bureau stated that 15 percent of the US is in poverty. The majority of people on TANF are single headed families, of those, the majority is comprised of mother and child. They will also affect adults. Some people go on welfare because they need the health insurance.
Some people go on welfare simply because they are lazy.
Including all lazy people, the average welfare recipient only stays on welfare for two years or less. There stays on welfare range from just two months up to almost four years. These people will be the largest test for the Welfare Reform Act. Most of the people on welfare are deserving and many are children. These new restrictions will directly affect these people.