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TLDR:
1. Work requirements hurt families and discount much of their labor, including their caregiving work.
2. They are rooted in a long history of coercing and exploiting black people’s labor, going back to slavery.
1. Work requirements hurt families and discount much of their labor, including their caregiving work.
2. They are rooted in a long history of coercing and exploiting black people’s labor, going back to slavery.
At their most basic, work requirements take away assistance from families who do not work a certain number of hours a week.
They are premised on the assumption that people do not want to work in the wage labor force, and therefore should be coerced to work by public policy.
They are premised on the assumption that people do not want to work in the wage labor force, and therefore should be coerced to work by public policy.
