Though many claim that governments can reduce poverty by raising welfare rates and making benefits easier to get, the only real poverty reduction in half a century of welfare policy has come about by raising employment rates, not welfare rates.
Rick August
Taming Two Dragons: Income Support Reform that Makes Sense
This policy paper examines the means and policies by which Canada could help people on welfare without trapping them in a cycle of poverty.
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