Tag: Welfare

Welfare Work Requirements Ease Poverty and Improve Our Labor Force

By Richard V. Burkhauser, Council of Economic Advisors Trump administration policies are responsible for a faster growing, more robust economy, which is incentivizing millions of Americans to get off the sidelines and back into the job market. But to continue to grow our economy, we will need capable workers. One place to find these workers

Trump’s Plan To Take People From Welfare To Work

Today, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report outlining the likely effects of expanding work requirements for non-disabled working-age adults in social welfare programs.  The following is the executive summary.  Read the full report here. The American work ethic, the motivation that drives Americans to work longer hours each week and more weeks each

Ben Carson: How Trump Is Fixing Welfare

“To unlock America’s full potential, we need a welfare system of opportunity for the 21st century. The executive order signed by President Trump on Tuesday is a big step in the right direction.” Secretary Ben Carson Unlocking America’s full potential By Secretary Ben Carson April 22, 2018 … While America is now experiencing record low

President Trump's Plan To Fix Welfare

Photo By Gage Skidmore, Via Wikimedia Commons “We can lift our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to prosperity.” President Donald J. Trump ACTION TOWARD REFORM: President Trump’s Executive Order on Economic Mobility takes the first steps toward welfare reform in America. The order provides nine “Principles of Economic