`our Best Days Ever' 
Local Merchants Say A Post-thanksgiving Blitz Should Yield A Green Christmas 
This Year

Albert Lipovsky 
Dec. 1, 1994 
Albert W. Lipovsky, 76, Of East Newport Street, Newtown Section Of Hanover 
Township Died Thursday At His Home.

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Welfare reform mustn't become welfare cruelty &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Meanness of rhetoric is a dangerous and ugly thing. It dehumanizes
opponents, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; breeds mistrust and fans hatred. The House Republicans' draft welfare
proposal represents something far worse. It is meanness in actionThe proposal,
presented as reform, urges nothing less than the dismantling of a safety net
that even now contains too many holes. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 It would renege on the fundamental promise that people who qualify for
help, under some set of pre-established criteria, will receive it. And it
would scrap any kind of clear federal standard for what the safety net will
and will not catch. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The proposal would do this in two principal ways: by cutting and then
capping many kinds of welfare spending, and by replacing 10 federal nutrition
programs with a single block grant to states. No matter that hard times can
swell the numbers in need by hundreds and thousands during a given year. No
matter that leaving so much discretion to states creates a strong incentive
for them to den

Welfare Reform Mustn't Become Welfare Cruelty 
Meanness Of Rhetoric Is A Dangerous And Ugly Thing. It Dehumanizes Opponents, 
Breeds Mistrust And Fans Hatred. The House Republicans' Draft Welfare Proposal 
Represents Something Far Worse. It Is Meanness In Action.

Welfare Reform Mustn't Become Welfare Cruelty Meanness Of Rhetoric Is A Dangerous And Ugly Thing. It Dehumanizes Opponents, Breeds Mistrust And Fans Hatred. The House Republicans' Draft Welfare Proposal Represents Something Far Worse. It Is Meanness In Action.