At 09:34 AM 5/7/2006, you wrote:
Haven't you heard of crash-testing "workfare" Steve? :-)
Workfare? Actually, no. But now I have.
Seems your answer is somewhat tongue in cheek, which I actually enjoyed, but my original question was indeed literal and not rhetorical.
(p.s. I don't get the "crash-testing" part.)
Weakipedia:
Workfare is an alternative model to conventional social welfare systems. Traditional welfare benefits are available with little required of the recipient, save their continued search for employment, if that. Under workfare, recipients have to meet certain participation requirements to continue to receive their welfare benefits. These requirements are often a combination of activities that help to improve the recipient's job prospects (such as training, rehabilitation and work experience) and those that allow them to contribute to society (such as unpaid or underpaid work). These programs, now common in the United States, Australia (under the guise of mutual obligation) and Canada have generated considerable debate and controversy.
