TITLE

Starting work as we know it

AUTHOR(S)

Zuckerman, Mortimer B.

PUB. DATE

July 1994

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;7/4/94, Vol. 117 Issue 1, p72

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

Editorial. Argues that we need to change the rules for welfare and stop rewarding long-term dependency. Need to start to nurture the same ethic that the rest of the country lives by--work and self-sufficiency; President Bill Clinton's program which is based on the premise that work is better than welfare; Changing welfare benefits for single mothers; Welfare in Massachusetts; Risks of reform; Unacceptability of the status quo on welfare.

ACCESSION #

9407017536

 

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