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Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobs

  • Written by: Anne Whitesell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Miami University
Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobsMeeting work requirements to get government benefits can lead to burdensome paperwork.JackF/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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