Now there is a growing chorus of politicians who argue that even more programs that help people in need — including food stamps, Medicaid and public housing — should have more and tougher work requirements attached. Some are calling it Welfare Reform 2.0. But as politicians push these programs in the name of ending “welfare dependency,” behind the scenes there’s something else going on. A group of multimillion-dollar corporations have built their businesses on these welfare-to-work policies, and critics say they have cultivated their own cycle of dependency on the federal government. So do work requirements actually help people climb out of poverty? Where did this idea of requiring labor in exchange for government aid come from? And how are for-profit welfare companies cashing in? Turns out the answers can be surprising and troubling. https://www.marketplace.org/shows/t...son-6-the-welfare-to-work-industrial-complex/ You'll never guess when the concept of work requirements began to reverberate around conservative politics. It was when more black people started to avail themselves of assistance that was originally almost exclusively used by whites. With the rise of authoritarian politics following the Orange Menace's presidency, the idea that minorities of all types, the "other," are taking that which belongs to whites continues to be popular in the POT. Work Requirements Don’t Cut Poverty, Evidence Shows https://www.cbpp.org/research/pover...-requirements-dont-cut-poverty-evidence-shows Work requirements won’t lead to better employment or economic outcomes https://www.clasp.org/blog/work-requirements-wont-lead-to-better-employment-or-economic-outcomes/
