> It's amazing that some people work so hard for the government without being > compensated for their labor at all. No wonder many Democrats think that > workfare is a great idea. > On the other hand, without the 'welfare reform' and other anti-poor > policies made possible by Clinton, Ltd., the wage growth for low-wage > workers would have been more robust. Friends of Democrats are penny wise > and pound foolish. > Yoshie don't forget "volunteerism", an ideology denying that social problems are structural and related to the capitalist system...as Klingon told us at his "Summit for America Future's" in Philly a few years ago: children abandoned by federal cutbacks face "problems of the heart" that "can only be resolved when there is one to one connection"...in other words, "humn contact" - voluntary involvement - can solve the myriad problems facing the poor and reduce class inequalities and socio-economic polarization at the same time...Michael Hoover
