In the absence of bold and imaginative efforts to solve the causes of poverty. welfare costs will continue to rise. unless we are willing to see people starve. It is no solution to take out the failure to deal with these problems on impoverished families. dependent children. and people who cannot afford medical care. The percentage freeze on AFDC payments is particularly unwise because It penalizes States which are the net recipients of rural migrants and It punishes children whose sole crime is to have been born of indigent or separated parents. The compulsory work training program will also be injurious to children. it does not even exempt mothers of preschoolage children. Although work training may be desirable in principle. it should not be coercive.
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