No reasonable person could really disagree with the idea that a person receiving welfare should have to do some sort of work as part of the bargain. Of course, the political world is not really filled with reasonable people, which is probably why we’re only just now getting around to maybe doing it.
But a very serious proposal is bubbling up in the House that has President Trump’s general support, and while it might be far too sensible to gain the votes of Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain in the Senate, it’s also far too sensible for us not to take a close look at.