#workfare
hell, slavery never really went away. chattel slavery? sure. but now there's prison labor and workfare and redlining and all the rest of it. it's still there.
September 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM
if you say “fraud and waste” and mean “cutting social services, workfare not welfare” that’s different than if you say “fraud and waste” and you mean “rooting out contractors who funnel tax revenue into their own pockets”. that’s not vibes it’s a difference in ideology
September 22, 2026 at 12:08 PM
this has to be a workfare thing, right?
February 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
i feel like i'm going insane when i see self-proclaimed radicals post this shit

the radical case for uh, workfare
April 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
abundance spam comes from right wing think tanks thrilled they have a new messaging vehicle. like "broken windows" or "workfare" etc etc
As I have noted before, some of the research and rhetoric driving the whole Klein "Abundance" schtick is coming from
far right think tanks with links to Peter Thiel. bsky.app/profile/hunt...
It's almost as though some research and rhetoric driving the Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias "supply side progressivism" abundance case for deregulation and privatization is coming from far right think tanks with links to Thiel rather than progressives. catalyst.independent.org/2022/08/23/s...
June 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If you want public transportation to create jobs, just build more and better public transportation and it will encourage more job agglomeration in your metro area. This, and not workfare in capital construction in operations, creates jobs.
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Solow, 1990
July 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
#OtD 3 Oct 1932 thousands of workers in Belfast, both Catholic and Protestant, went on strike together while over 30,000 took to the streets and rioted in protest against an exploitative state workfare scheme stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1024...
October 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Workfare
Crime bill
Nafta
October 4, 2023 at 1:40 AM
"They continue, “However, we believe that the transition of PEPFAR can become the premier example of the U.S. commitment to prioritizing trade over aid, opportunity over dependency and investment over assistance.”"

It’s “workfare” for countries we’re exploiting.
July 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A really astonishing amount of the current political discourse in this country is just a workfare programme for the commentariat. The machine is running and it must produce something…
September 25, 2024 at 10:19 PM
One thing I wish conservatives understood: the administrative state is a giant workfare program that insulates us from the worst effects of boom-and-bust cycles capitalism & that has actually been very good for them, even if they have their heads too far into their ideological asses to realize it.
November 17, 2024 at 10:56 PM
And even at a macro level, the news included Matthew Shepard's killing, the slut-shaming of Monica Lewinsky, the murder of Chandra Levy, Newt Gingrich, neoliberal takeover of the Democratic Party, workfare...
May 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Successful policy advocacy from the largest employers in the United States here. Walmart, for example, directly benefits from workfare, as their wages are too low to cover living expenses, and you need a job to get the benefits.
SNAP work requirements reduce participation by 7% without raising employment and disproportionately screen out lower-income recipients.
August 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Workfare for a profit making company is just slavery.
August 28, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Workfare is on message for New New New Labour.
August 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"Niin kauan kuin työikäisten taito- ja työkykyvajeita ei ratkota, lisätään vain brittiläisestä ja amerikkalaisesta workfare-valtioista tuttuja ongelmia: työssäkäyvien köyhyyttä ja leipäjonojen pituutta. Jopa työssäkäyvien häädöistä on kerrottu julkisuudessa."
March 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ou alors on crée des ateliers nationaux qui feront travailler les gens qui n’auront pas trouvé d’emploi ailleurs, ou qui seront entre deux emplois. Pourquoi pas encore, mais il y a quelques problèmes - le risque du workfare n’est pas loin…
February 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
- Workfare
- Crime bill
- NAFTA
- Gramm–Leach–Bliley
- DOMA
- Death penalty expansion
- Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
- "What you earn depends on what you learn"

William Jefferson Clinton, like the rest of his Third Way scum, was a right-wing president
I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
June 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Je pense que c'est difficile à intégrer pour pas mal de gens, mais les électeurs RN sont largement favorables à une politique restrictive vis-à-vis des chômeurs. Félicien Faury a parlé à ce sujet de "workfare chauvinism" : laviedesidees.fr/Vote-RN-et-r...
May 27, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Oh cool man, they're doing Workfare but worse.
August 26, 2026 at 9:39 AM
WORK REQUIREMENTS DECREASE EMPLOYMENT

Many years ago, when a similar idea was being floated in my home state of Michigan I wrote this article debunking this counterproductive idea

ypsifactj.medium.com/medicaid-wor...
February 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This week..
Andy Burnham U-turned on backing a donations cap

In other news ⤵️

Burnham announced a workfare scheme for 10,000 young people to work for free in Sainsburys’

Burnham received a donation of £164,347 from Lord Sainsbury, who still owns 5.85% shares in the supermarket
August 28, 2026 at 7:48 AM