Why Work Matters and How the Safety Net Should Encourage It (Leslie Ford, The Heritage Foundation)

Like all Americans, low-income individuals desire and deserve opportunities for themselves and their children. For the past 25 years, federal cash-welfare assistance has supported low-income Americans by connecting benefits to work. This strategy, created by Congress on a bipartisan basis, has been extremely effective in increasing employment while simultaneously reducing poverty, long-term government dependence, and social isolation.

Why Work Matters and How the Safety Net Should Encourage It | The Heritage Foundation

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