In today's WSJ,, Rudy and Newt are urging "workfare" for Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [If it didn’t work here, maybe it will work in Iraq - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
In 1986, Mead's big idea was to push welfare recipients into jobs – an approach that came to be known as "workfare". From Wordnik.com. [Does getting tough on the unemployed work?] Reference
The law ended the principle of indefinite cash handouts and penalized states if they failed to introduce tough "workfare" programs, forcing beneficiaries to move into employment. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Anti-Poverty Efforts Fall Short] Reference
Instead they are sorted into "workfare" and training schemes. From Wordnik.com. [Singabloodypore] Reference
Opposing 'workfare' or compulsory schemes as these are counterproductive and destroy real jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Green Party news] Reference
That's before the fraud always be "workfare" at the level it is now (token) AND it will always be pointless. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Instead they are sorted into "workfare" and training schemes. process of seeking help is made tiresome and humiliating. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of A Singaporean Mind] Reference
Invented in America by the Clinton administration, "workfare" was for years on Labour's policy agenda but was never made law. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The most successful US reforms involve "workfare": after a certain amount of time, claimants are asked to work for their benefits. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I do not support welfare, but I do support workfare. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Adelman: Why a Staunch Conservative Like Me Endorsed Obama] Reference
His own workfare legislation is reducing job creation. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Sense Revolution Makes No Sense] Reference
Europe is more of a "workfare state" than a welfare state. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Hill: 5 Myths About "Sick Old Europe"] Reference
On workfare, maybe the coalition really wants to help the jobless. From Wordnik.com. [Coalition is abandoning young people to joblessness, say MPs] Reference
By day, Virgil's tomb is guarded by members of a workfare-type program. From Wordnik.com. [Sunt Lacrimae Rerum] Reference
When you look at it closely, workfare not only isn't fair, it also doesn't work. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics of Hope and Opportunity] Reference
I mean, look, this guy did a lot of good stuff with welfare and workfare in Wisconsin. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2007] Reference
But workfare is less a jobs program than a way to make welfare benefits less attractive. From Wordnik.com. [Bailing Out The Jobless] Reference
If the federal workfare employees are accepted as employed, the corresponding numbers are. From Wordnik.com. [James K. Galbraith: The Johnson Legacy and the Obama Challenge: Remarks to the LBJ Centennial Conference] Reference
These jobs are little better than workfare and they place you in a never ending cycle of debt. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-10-01] Reference
As mentioned in the Post article, Europe is more of a ‘workfare state’ than a welfare state. From Wordnik.com. [‘Old Europe’ vs. the United States « Skulls in the Stars] Reference
And he said it ` s got to be workfare because if you don ` t earn it, it doesn ` t mean anything. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2006] Reference
Clinton promoted training for poor single mothers, though workfare hardly prepared for living wages. From Wordnik.com. [Eileen Boris: Carework: When Equality Is Not Enough] Reference
Clinton's workfare program, for instance, applies to only a portion of Arkansas's welfare recipients. From Wordnik.com. [The No Bull Campaign] Reference
And although he's considered the father of welfare, Roosevelt consistently spoke out in favor of workfare. From Wordnik.com. [Echoes Of Fdr] Reference
On welfare, he explicitly endorsed the Wisconsin system of workfare about which Fraser has written so well. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
In the absence of a workfare scheme, people forced off incapacity benefit will just return to other benefits. From Wordnik.com. [Brace yourself] Reference
BECK: It is amazing to me how correct FDR was when he talked about the difference between welfare and workfare. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2006] Reference
Frankly, there is very little experience around the country with workfare programs and with welfare-to-work programs. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Bruce Reed On Welfare Reform] Reference
Besides calling for workfare, Reagan proposed the EITC to offset the burden of Social Security payroll taxes on the poor. From Wordnik.com. [The 0% Tax Rate Solution] Reference
Let's note that Russert gladly worked for the reactionary Moynihan, the godfather of Clinton's anti-welfare/workfare policies and laws. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Russert Has Passed Away] Reference
The new workfare regime is certain to be criticised for expecting the jobless to take work at a time when unemployment is forecast to rise. From Wordnik.com. [Unemployed claimants to face loss of benefits for refusing work] Reference
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