Work Requirements Don't Work
We need to design programs around data and science, not judgement or shame.
Work requirements have reared their misguided head once again. Like trickle down economics, work requirements become a topic that politicians push for every few years. Also like trickle down economics, work requirements are an idea that has been proven to create issues, not solve them.
Work requirements were first enacted in 1996 under President Bill Cli…
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