Stephen Moore drubs Biden for ending welfare requirements that worked well during Clinton year
By Stephen Moore April 3, 2023
A policy question these days that
has befuddled federal lawmakers is why so many millions of people have
not returned to the workplace in the post-COVID-19 era. The labor force
participation rate among employable adults is near a record low today.
There are at least 2 million to 4 million employable adults who could
and should be working but aren't.............House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and the
Republican Congress in 1996 passed a historic bipartisan welfare reform
bill that President Bill Clinton signed into law. That law required able-bodied welfare recipients to be in a job or
training/education program to qualify for welfare assistance. It also
placed time limits on welfare so it would not become a way of life.............Despite these stunning successes, President Joe Biden eviscerated all
work requirements during COVID-19, and they haven't returned. The House
Ways and Means Committee reports that less than half of Americans
collecting welfare benefits today are working. The Biden administration
opposes work requirements.............But welfare is supposed to be temporary and a hand-up, not a handout.
The goal of welfare was to end poverty, not perpetuate it.................To Read More.....
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