Cash-poor MTA may put recipients of unemployment benefits to work again cleaning subways .

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Tue, 03/29/2011 - 9:46am

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Cash-poor MTA may put recipients of unemployment benefits to work again cleaning subways .

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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What a great and crazy idea. Have people work for their money!!! Probably never last. Someone will sue for mistreatment.

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Tue, 03/29/2011 - 10:19am

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Re: Cash-poor MTA may put recipients of unemployment ...

Good. Most unemployed people want to work anyway.

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Thu, 03/31/2011 - 2:05pm

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Re: Cash-poor MTA may put recipients of unemployment ...

This is a damn good idea, not an old idea just a common sense idea that has been buried for ever. Its' nice to see some are starting to get a clue. I'd like to see this expanded, think about it. If one has to go on welfare they are required to either be working as with this example or in job traing, school, etc. etc. This is a win, win all around

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