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To: bentway who wrote (230884)	9/3/2013 1:07:19 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542149

That proposal sounds a lot like Poorhouses, which once existed in nearly every county of the U.S. Not a good option. Nearly every generation which rose from poverty did so because there were decent paying jobs available. Take a look at the minimum wage. At current levels the minimum wage is simply a subsidy for corporations.

To: bentway who wrote (230884)	9/3/2013 1:23:11 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542149

My reaction to your post is much like Ron's, downthread. It looks like the old English poorhouse regimen. Not a direction I would go. I don't, at the macro level, see the poor as poor because they refuse to work. Rather because they lack the educational and employment opportunities to do so.

To: bentway who wrote (230884)	9/3/2013 2:07:12 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542149

I'd like to see welfare made less comfortable, more visible, and less socially acceptable. I more or less agree, but don't agree with your methods. The psychological aspects of poverty are very real, and making them worse isn't going to help. Many of those on welfare suffer from depression, and increasing that is not going to help them in life. I don't think the solutions are easy, but they do need to stay connected to how life in the working world works. They need to work. They need have performance reviews. They need to keep enhancing their skills. They need to stay a little hungry, a little uncomfortable, a little on edge about the next day. Its not an easy problem...