WHAT America needs now," the President told the nation last week, "is not more welfare, but more 'work-fare.' " On the wings of that Nixonian neologism, the President proposed the first fundamental overhaul of the U.S. welfare system since it was created 34 years ago. The key element to the reform was a "family-assistance system." Although Nixon pointedly denied it, the notion is very much like a guaranteed incomewith one'crucial difference. For the ablebodied, willingness to accept "suitable" employment or vocational training would be the quid for the quo of assistance. In essence,...
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