The cash-strapped MTA may soon put welfare recipients to work

[katty]

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The cash-strapped MTA may soon put welfare recipients to work scrubbing and cleaning the subways.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to revive its participation in the city's Work Experience Program - which makes the unemployed toil for their benefit checks.

"This is a program that has a proven track record of doing three things: providing low-cost cleaning help for the subway; providing job training to people who need it, and leading directly to full-time employment for many of the people who participate in the program," MTA spokesman Jeremy Soffin said.



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[inademv]

1. Wellfare and unemployment benefits are two different things

Did they give any better indications which exactly they meant? or was the use of "welfare" a mistake by the paper?

[ck4829]

2. Why do these programs need 'revived'? They should always be around.

A chance to work and earn money? Your average unemployed person will jump at the chance.

[Newest Reality]

3. Professional Subway Cleaners and Scrubbers Wanted!

That's a real career opportunity in these times. How fortunate to have some make-work.

Ah, do single adults still get about $175 per month, plus food stamps? I haven't kept track, but that's a decent pay-scale these days and right in line with the new, Serf economy, I'd say. Those lucky, lucky folks.

Edit: Currently, the maximum a single adult on welfare gets is about $137 a month. Plus close to $400 in food stamps and rental assistance.

Who could live where on that in NYC, or anywhere, for that matter?

[shraby]

4. How does scrubbing cars provide job training? Training in

working for less than poverty wages? The program is ludicrious.(sp?)
Maybe if they paid enough to warrant taking taxes out of the pay, the MTA wouldn't be so cash strapped.

edited to add.

[katty]

5. leading to full time slave labor-next will be scrubbing hospitals

when an insurance co has to pay a claim.