The transition made by of hundreds of people who ve moved from welfare to work as part of corporate programs to hire people on assistance . New California laws link food stamps to work . Browse the NewsHour's index of Welfare stories . Outside Links Rev. Sirico's New York Times editorial defending workfare.
Labor unions critique the effects of workfare on employment opportunities.
The current debate over the morality of welfare reform completely misses the issue. Nothing could be further from the truth. When the American economy begins to create such jobs the welfare problem will solve itself. Until then any talk about welfare to work or workfare schemes are just political policies created to win the votes of an increasingly mean spirited American voter. I urge you not to forget the indentured slaves, from Ireland, China and other countries, who had little control over their life.