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Why the GOP & McCarthy are really obsessed with #WelfareToWork? It’s because their Corporate puppet-masters demand it. Remember how well private, for-profit prisons have worked? Same kindda deal; The GOP misses slavery.
Listen to season 6 of #TheUncertainHour podcast! Here is a link to the trailer (I have zero affiliation):
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-uncertain-hour/id1091031079?i=1000604393893
#Welfare #CorporateWelfare #Greed #Corporatocracy #ForProfit #GOP #Republicans
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This episode of The Uncertain Hour investigates for-profit "welfare to work" companies in the US:
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/the-uncertain-hour/chapter-5-profits-and-perverse-incentives
In an interview for the podcast, the wealthy founder of one of them openly describes the welfare beneficiaries whose cases they manage as "inventory".
#podcasts #TheUncertainHour #US #SocialWelfare #privatization
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@hosford42
One example: a woman briefly profiled in this podcast episode -- she had a low-paying, no benefits job, lost it when her car broke down and she couldn't afford to fix it, and wound up on TANF
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/the-uncertain-hour/chapter-1-the-dream/
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#poverty #TheUncertainHour #inequality #work #economics #welfare #TANF