Comments on: Workplace Support a Critical Step toward Eliminating Poverty http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/index.php/2011/10/workplace-support-critical-to-eliminating-poverty/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The push for paid sick days gains steam across U.S. « Washington Policy Watch http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/index.php/2011/10/workplace-support-critical-to-eliminating-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-25788 The push for paid sick days gains steam across U.S. « Washington Policy Watch Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:46:07 +0000 http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/?p=1260#comment-25788 [...] job. In a blog about Half in Ten’s findings, the National Partnership for Women and Families explains that without basic work supports, families will struggle to stay out of poverty and communities [...] [...] job. In a blog about Half in Ten’s findings, the National Partnership for Women and Families explains that without basic work supports, families will struggle to stay out of poverty and communities [...]

]]> By: DHFabian http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/index.php/2011/10/workplace-support-critical-to-eliminating-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-25055 DHFabian Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:36:53 +0000 http://blog.nationalpartnership.org/?p=1260#comment-25055 I have a question that I would like to ask America. It states right within our welfare reform policies that there is NO excuse for being unemployed. This generation has determined that unemployment is a matter of bad behavior, not an economic consequence. This is the core issue upon which we ended aid to the poor -- to give them the incentive to find jobs. We know that all you have to do is "get up every morning, work hard and play by all the rules." We have embraced the idea that those who do choose to be poor must be dealt with harshly ("tough love") to give them the incentive to succeed. My question: Why are so many middle class people today choosing to become poor? But getting back to reality -- I have a different question. Not everyone can work, and we have only a fraction of the jobs necessary for all who desperately need one. Our only response for 30 years has been to call for job creation, and this hasn't accomplished a whole lot. You can't eat promises of eventual job creation. What should we do about all those who have effectively been pushed out of America's job market, with no way to provide for themselves? Just let them die? Tell them, "Tough luck, there's winners and losers and that's just the way it is"? I have a question that I would like to ask America. It states right within our welfare reform policies that there is NO excuse for being unemployed. This generation has determined that unemployment is a matter of bad behavior, not an economic consequence. This is the core issue upon which we ended aid to the poor — to give them the incentive to find jobs. We know that all you have to do is “get up every morning, work hard and play by all the rules.” We have embraced the idea that those who do choose to be poor must be dealt with harshly (“tough love”) to give them the incentive to succeed. My question: Why are so many middle class people today choosing to become poor?

But getting back to reality — I have a different question. Not everyone can work, and we have only a fraction of the jobs necessary for all who desperately need one.
Our only response for 30 years has been to call for job creation, and this hasn’t accomplished a whole lot. You can’t eat promises of eventual job creation. What should we do about all those who have effectively been pushed out of America’s job market, with no way to provide for themselves? Just let them die? Tell them, “Tough luck, there’s winners and losers and that’s just the way it is”?

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