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Originally posted by bryanthompson
Okay, eliminate abuse and funding from the problem. It's an attitude and motivation problem.
Expectancy theory: "The strength of a tendency to act in a certain way depends on the strength of an expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attrictiveness of that outcome to the individual." (Robbins, Stephen P., Organizational Behavior)
As it is now, there's no reason for those on welfare to even think that there will be some reward for working hard. They grew up in a trailor park or in the ghetto, where their parents, grand-parents, cousins, friends, and everyone they've ever known has lived. I don't think the thought of hard work = success occurs to many of them at all.
So... How do you motivate these kinds of people? Obviously throwing money at them isn't working.
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Didn't we just have a discussion on the potential wisdom of a "living" minimum wage? These welfare folks would have to be idiots to get off welfare in favor of a full time minimum wage job without health benefits. They're not that stupid. I agree with Brian that if the incentive were there, working would be an easier concept to "sell."