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Cultural shift in the desire to work. theres no woman that ive been, that ive spoken with in my research that doesnt really appreciate the value and the dignity of work. and when welfare reform happened, women were excited about that, they thought they might get some good job training programs and be able to find jobs with a living wage. now that didnt happen. what we found is that women are getting pushed into low-wage jobs and that child care subsidies, those kinds of programs that are suppose...

Bit about what has happened in the wake of the temporary assistance to needy families. that was hailed by everyone has a success story. and when i say everyone, the beltway consensus, president bill clinton, people on both sides of the aisle said look, it was passed right before one of the largest sustained economic booms and tighter labor markets we had in a long time. unemployment went down to 4% and the roles dropped like crazy. they dropped for two reasons, one people were kicked off, and tw...

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Columnist david kay johnson. and former congressman, tom perriello of virginia and heather mcgee from the demos think tank. we were talking about the definition of work for women that with a sort of in the news this week, maybe you noticed and played some sound from mitt romney, in january in a town hall in new hampshire where he talked about welfare room and the temporary assistance for needy families passed in 1996. its important, the rationale for that program wasnt a dollars-and-cents ration...

Programs quicker. but you can see this sort of penalty for marriages of equality where both people are working. and this subsidy for the sort of traditional family where one person stays home. and that thats sectiessentiall saying we want to encourage these good married moms to stay home and raise their kids. and these bad single moms, need them and their kids to go to day care, so theyll get a little better parenting experience. >> one of the fascinating things about the program known as welfar...

Caring for the children of another poor woman and vice-versa, that constitutes as work under tanf. i want to talk about women who are getting temporary assistance for needy family or not getting it in the jaws of this recession. impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. its just one reason 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. ...

To be lazy and dependant. it aculturated you to not be part of the normal mainstream society, so you had to be pushed out into the workforce. and whether its good policy or not. it seems to me like theres a double standard about what we call work. that when its a very poor mother with three kids at home, it is not work. she needs to learn how the dignity of work. but when it is an extremely wealthy woman with five kids at home and again that is work. being in the home with kids -- as the father ...

But that hasnt always been the tune of republicans on this issue. an entire massive sea change in federal policy, the welfare and reform act of 1996 was predicated on the fundamental notion that mothers on welfare needed to get out of the home and go to work. and that staying at home and caring for their children did not count as work. in fact, as recently as this year, mitt romney himself campaigned on the proposition that meaningful welfare reform should require parents with children to get ou...

Last year the house of representatives passed legislation to build on the successes of the 1996 welfare reform law. they did so because they want more americans to know the pride and success that come from hard work. the law passed the house, that passed the house requiring 40 hours of work each week. >> the first stage of welfare reform brought unprecedented success. millions of americans now knows the rewards of work. welfare mothers have found their long-lost self-esteem. >> he want to stop t...

This privatized cost of figuring out what on earth youre supposed to do when you go back to work, if youre lucky to be able to stay at home for a little bit while your child is an infant. what are you supposed to do. you know, are you rich enough to afford a nanny? are you able to do child, you know, center-based child care? are you going to join some sort of waiting list that is interminable for head start. even the vast majority of poor families are not able to get into subsidized child care. ...