The State of Wisconsin Web site outlining W-2. Click here for a menu of past forums. W isconsin is ready to launch a welfare program that will challenge the current philosophy of welfare. But W-2 also require 53,200 of the state's 65,000 welfare recipients to work for benefits. The plan also has a time limit.
Some critics argue that ending the guarantee of benefits hurt children.
Others say the work requirement will force people into sub-minium wage jobs. The program requirements specify that recipients must either work or put in time at other approved activities to earn their welfare benefit. This reduction in welfare benefits is no different than the reduction in pay a person would experience in a job. Parents, whether or not they are receiving public welfare benefits or earned income, are responsible to do what is necessary to receive income to support their family. When a parent who is employed misses work, their paycheck is reduced proportional to the amount of work that they missed.