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To: i-node who wrote (742745)	9/30/2013 12:00:12 PM
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'Work for dole': UK's new welfare policy to set benefits payback system Unemployed people in Britain could soon be forced to work for their benefits, according to a new government welfare program announced by UK Finance Minister George Osborne on Monday.

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Bills Would Require Michiganders To Work For Welfare, Pass Drug ...LANSING (WWJ) - Could this mean the end of welfare as we know it? A bill has passed in the Michigan Senate that would require those receiving public assistance to do some “volunteer” work. Another bill, which passed the House Commerce Committee, requires drug testing, revoking benefits for welfare recipients who refuse the test or who test positive. “What [the legislation] does, it says, in order for your to receive your cash assistance, your welfare check, you must provide some kind of community service to the community,” said the volunteer work bill’s sponsor, State Senator Joe Hune, who represents Livingston and Shiawasse counties in Mid-Michigan