On the recordApril 21, 1998
When I was in our district and I toured one of the centers where they help people leave the welfare and get into the workforce, they did not talk to those families about the first job or only the first job they were going to get. At this work center, they talked to them about the first job and showed them how, if they were successful at the first job, they could have a second job, and how then there was a promotion waiting. They literally went to the fourth job for these families that were leaving welfare. If citizens stay on welfare, they are destined to receive only what the government decides to give them. But if they go into the workforce, they have the opportunity to receive a job promotion and create a better life for themselves and their family. That is what welfare reform is all about. That is the exciting thing in welfare reform.
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