UNEXPECTEDLY! States Ending Ultra-Generous Welfare Are Doing Better in One Big Way, New Data Show. “So, dozens of conservative-leaning states have discontinued the benefits early, while dozens of liberal-leaning states have left it in place. Thanks to recently released Labor Department data on unemployment claims, we can now, quite predictably, see the welfare rolls expanding in the states where the unemployment bonus remains in place. Yet the number of people on welfare is rapidly shrinking in the states where the supplement is set to expire or already has expired.”