Problem 1: After the welfare reform of the 1990s, the number of single mothers on the rolls dropped significantly. Suppose there had been no welfare to work programs and no welfare reform. What other national development(s) could help account for this decline of single mothers on the welfare rolls?
Problem 2: Explain the terms "sticks" and "carrots" as used in this essay on welfare reform.
Problem 3: Name two recommendations that would help support single working mothers.
Problem 4: You are thinking of starting a family but now, given President Biden's Build Back Better Plan, you are reconsidering. Why?
Problem 5: Linda Taylor, dubbed the "Welfare Queen," was a more complicated case than the single black mother portrayal put forth by President Reagan. How? Explain briefly.
Problem 6: President Nixon declared that some people, as welfare cases, were "lost." Who was he referring to? (What category of people?).
Problem 7: What does the V.A.T. have to do with dependency politics and welfare?
Problem 8: Name one thing about which young conservative activist Ben Shapiro says President Trump was correct.
Problem 9: Some conservatives, including Professor Larry Meade, argue that poor people are not helpless and are not poor involuntarily. He says instead that there is a _________ component to poverty and unemployment.
Problem 10: With the implementation of Build Back Better and extension of some Covid rescue benefits, you, COO of a very profitable construction business, are thinking about scaling back operations. You don't feel as motivated to work to grow your business anymore. Why? What could contribute to that change of heart?