Replying to a message of mark lewis to Bob Ackley:

 BA>> IMO one way to eleiminate the welfare 'problem' is to put a firm
 BA>> time limit on how long one may draw it - say one year.  [...]

 ml> that may or may not work... there is a variation of that being done in
 ml> several places... i'm not aware of the numbers before and/or after so
 ml> cannot say how they look...

I discovered some thirty years ago that in the Midwest - or at least in this
area - there were 'poor farms,' owned and operated by the various counties.
People who were 'homeless' could live on those farms - and work to operate
them.  Of course in those days farming was much more labor intensive than it
is today.

There is an operation over in Red Oak called 'Nishna Productions.'  Nishna
after
the beginning of the name of the river (Nishnabotna) that flows next to the
city.
This operation hires or finds jobs for physically and mentally handicapped
individuals,
and provides (dormitory style) housing and food for them.  Among other things
they
run the can and bottle recycling center in Red Oak, and the folks working
there are
right nice people.

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