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Here is a form of workfare: Maine Department of Corrections: Prison Showroom Gallery. In Maine they put or allow their criminals to make goods to be sold to the public. My wife loves to stop at their showroom when we visit the State.
Isn't that kind of the same thing? Prisoners are producing goods that could be directly competing with goods produced in the private sector. Their prices are very reasonable for the goods that they offer and one could even say that they have an unfair advantage - except the money they raise goes back in the system and they learn a trade + learn how to use a file!
I'm all for the idea of prisoners learning applicable job skills so that when they get out they can do something productive. Something that pays enough to support themselves with dignity. I'd like to see a better system for helping the former prisoners get hired too, because even if they have the requisite skills, often they can't get hired because they check the "felon" box.
It's a great idea, but unfortunately one that would cause rioting in the street and cries of racism.
Plenty of White people in rural areas on welfare (the majority actually) who would benefit from good paying jobs. The challenge in those rural areas, like the urban areas, is where are the jobs? I think Trump is going to focus on brining industry back to the inner cities, but at some point he needs to address the hopelessness of rural Americans as well.
While we're at it, why not incentivize marriage and two-parent households? We know that kids who come from single parent homes generally fail in school, live below the poverty line and get involved in crime and gangs. By offering working parents of children and extra monthly bonus or yearly tax bonus, we'd begin the reverse the damage done by past welfare policy that encouraged single Mothers to not have a man in the house.
That post says it all. I emphasize that paragraph because I didn't. I agree totally.
Based on your posting history, I don't believe you
Believe what you want to believe. In my personal conduct I am very typical of leftists; I push in line, curse at authority figures and spit on the flag.
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