Meanwhile, huge numbers of able-bodied individuals struggle to survive in America's bleak and violent urban cores. Jobs are scarce, crime is rampant, and children are easily corrupted by the apparent quick rewards of criminal gang life. The pressures of work and raising children in the inner city overwhelm most parents, and teachers too. Inner city folks are deprived of clean air, trees, flowers, open spaces and quiet places. They breathe exhaust and live near factories and toxic waste dumps.
Welfare fails to provide a viable alternative.
Why work if that will leave your children at the mercy of strangers and of the streets. Take single-parent welfare families out of the horrid inner cities and place them on small farms, preferably organic farms. The welfare recipient works and lives on the farm full time, learning a new skill under the tutelage of the farmer. They receive a monthly stipend from the government equal to some portion of what they get now. They enjoy a non-toxic environment.