Current welfare reforms -- including recently enacted federal
legislation -- are largely symbolic politics, argue two experts in
this important new book. According to Joel F. Handler and Yeheskel
Hasenfeld, the real problem we face is not the spread of welfare
but the spread of poverty among the working poor, a group that
includes most welfare recipients. The surest way to solve the
problem is to create jobs and supplement low-wage work. The authors
offer proposals that would make it possible for individuals to
support themselves and their families through working and that
would establish a safety net for those relatively few individuals
who arc unable to do so.
The authors discuss current policies, efforts, and programs
designed to deal with the poor and analyze what works, what does
not work, and why. Instead of income maintenance strategies, they
promote policies that would facilitate leaving welfare for work --
particularly in the case of single mothers. Their proposals range
from creating jobs and supplementing income through the Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC) to raising the minimum wage to providing
health insurance and child care support. These are not inexpensive
solutions, but they must occur if we truly wish to live in a
society that strives to provide opportunities for all.
"A substantial contribution to the critical debate occurring in
the states about structuring 'welfare reform.'" -- Lucy A.
Williams, School of Law, Northeastern University
"This book contributes in innovative and significant ways to the
ongoing discussion of poverty and welfare reform". -- Gary D.
Sandefur, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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