Unraveling the Damage Done by Our Welfare System

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Education, employment, and family formation are “the building blocks for a flourishing life,” says the leader of the Georgia Center for Opportunity.

But, unfortunately, America’s welfare system includes penalties for both work and family formation, Randy Hicks says.

Although the safety net may not intend to punish work or the family, Hicks says, it does that through policies that reward Americans with financial benefits for earning less or remaining single.

Among all the states, Utah has created a model for a strong welfare system, he says. Utah integrated its workforce services with welfare services in the 1990s, so when an individual seeks government assistance, the first step is to help him re-enter the workforce, if he is able, before providing monetary benefits.

But around the year 2000, the federal government passed a law that made it almost impossible for states to integrate workforce and welfare services as Utah did.

To change this situation, Hicks says, the Georgia Center for Opportunity and the Alliance for Opportunity advocate congressional legislation to "give states the flexibility to do what Utah did: integrate workforce and welfare so that we're not compartmentalizing someone's life but viewing it holistically and viewing it all as simply a means to a flourishing life that includes work.”

Hicks joins this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the path to restoring the value of education, work, and family in America.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, April 30th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.0	The welfare system has unraveled many communities across America,
0:15.0	making citizens dependent upon the government and even punishing them for hard work.
0:20.0	The Georgia the
0:23.0	has witnessed the damages that the welfare system has had
0:26.0	not only on Atlanta, but communities across Georgia
0:29.0	and the United States.
0:31.0	President and CEO of the Georgia Center for Opportunity
0:34.8	Randy Hicks joins us on the show today to explain not only how government programs
0:40.0	have caused more harm than good, but also to explain the road back to flourishing
0:45.0	communities. Stay tuned for our conversation after this.
0:50.1	Conservative women are problematic women. Why?
0:53.0	Because we don't adhere to the agenda of the radical left.
0:57.0	Every Thursday morning on the Problematic Women Podcast,
1:00.0	Kristen I-Cammer, Lauren Evans, and me, Virginia Allen, are joined by other conservative women
1:06.5	to break down the big issues and news you care about.
1:10.4	Whether you're interested in hot takes and conversations on pop culture or what Congress is up to problematic women has you covered
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1:24.3	leaning that is problematic women. Find problematic women wherever you like to
1:30.0	listen to podcasts and follow the show on Instagram.
1:33.4	Well it is my pleasure today to welcome to the Daily Signal Podcast Randy Hicks.
1:38.6	He's the president and CEO of the Georgia Center for Opportunity.
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