What about “workfare” instead of welfare?
I know the concept of workfare, or having able bodied people work in exchange for public assistance has been talked about for decades. Isnt this just another form of the concept of requiring people getting the public dole to do something rather than sit around all day?
I think it was Maine that recently imposed a requirement for food stamp recipients to work on state projects to continur=e getting food stamps. The food stamp recipient numbers dropped by a huge amount that I think was a 75% drop.