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7. If there's no real work to do, why make them work? Why not have them study, or read books?

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:09 AM

Sep 2012

This obsession with making everybody go to work is starting to strike me as ridiculous.

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And here's something else that nobody's saying about welfare to work rocktivity Sep 2012 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author rbrnmw Sep 2012 #2

Yes and they have lifetime limits to assistance rbrnmw Sep 2012 #3

Yep, as with the prisons, that's the main point. bemildred Sep 2012 #4

If there were so many jobs available, we wouldn't need welfare. JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #5

It's a Travesty rbrnmw Sep 2012 #6

I find it offensive that you assume they need to study or read rbrnmw Sep 2012 #8

OK rbrnmw Sep 2012 #10