Biden: "We're familiar with stories of welfare moms driving luxury cars"

[AJT]

38. I was on a welfare program back in the 80s and had to be working or in school.

It was fine, childcare was paid for as well as transportation(I didn't have a car). There is nothing wrong with having to be in training for a good job, or working at least part-time while receiving benefits as long as a person is able bodied. Maybe a requirement to be in a rehab program would be better for others. A person with an infant should not have to be training or working.
Of course if there are those kind of requirements then the government may have to provide the jobs in certain areas, real jobs not junk jobs.

I still had to work part-time at 3 jobs to make my rent and had to serve mac and cheese by the end of the month, but tuition and books were paid for and I got some foodstamps and some rental subsidies as well as childcare. It was a tough 2 years, but when I was done I got a really good job. The sacrifice was well worth it, not just for me and my children but for the government. I have paid much more in taxes than I received in benefits. I also gained a lot of confidence.