On Welfare “Reform” and the GOP Factions

Here is where the factions stand on cuts to “welfare” programs:

1.  CLs:  You can put it on the board . . . yes!  John Galt would be a happy man tonight.  Those people need to be kicked out of their hammock of dependency.
2.  Reactionaries:  Absolutely, yes.  We’re all about defending the interests of hard-working white Americans against the claims of the undeserving poor, many of whom are minorities who don’t belong here, anyway.
3.  PBPs:  We agree in concept, but we’re concerned that we’ll get bad press, that a backlash will result, and we’ll lose our tax cuts.  Proceed with caution, if at all.
4.  CDs:  Taking money from the poor is morally wrong.

The votes for this are there in the House, but the Senate would be a slog.  It would look a lot like Obamacare repeal.  My best guess is that it won’t happen.