Stopping Welfare Expansion Efforts
Welfare expansion efforts by the federal government and many states are keeping able-bodied adults out of the workforce, making the worker shortage even worse by paying people to stay home. These plans should be rejected.
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SNAP To It: Restoring Work Requirements Will Help Solve the Food Stamp Crisis
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The food stamp program is one of the largest and fastest-growing welfare entitlements in the federal budget. Total enrollment reached a whopping 48 million in 2013, one of many record highs plaguing the program. Skyrocketing enrollment has led federal spending on food stamps to more than quadruple since 2000, reaching another record high […]
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How the New Era of Expanded Welfare Programs is Keeping Americans from Working
Despite policymakers’ steps to “stimulate” the American economy, it remains in shambles. Inflation is reaching new highs, consumer confidence is through the floor, and government deficits are skyrocketing. But perhaps the most critical sign of our struggling economy is the poor state of America’s workforce.
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Our Welfare Reform Experts
Our Welfare Reform Research
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ResearchOklahoma’s Employment and Training Program Has Funding, but Needs Participants
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ResearchArkansas’s Employment and Training Program is Well Funded but Lacks Participants
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ResearchEmployment and Training Programs Are Within Reach of All Americans
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ResearchHelp Wanted: How Assigning Able-Bodied Adults to Employment and Training Programs Can Help Solve the Labor Shortage
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ResearchNo Good Cause: How a Food Stamp Loophole Could Become the Next Big Battle in the War on Work
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