Whitman says Schwarzenegger welfare cut goes too far

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has made reforming state welfare programs a centerpiece of her campaign, but she said Monday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to eliminate the state's main welfare program, known as CalWORKS, was too extreme.
"I would have reformed welfare as opposed to call for its entire elimination," Whitman said. "I would not eliminate CalWORKS entirely."
Whitman insisted that the state budget could be brought under control by targeting "waste, fraud and abuse".

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