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built into (he bill are supposed to reduce the welfare rolls substantially over the long haul. But, so far, work incentives have never worked-due in large part to opposition they engender in the very people who would be administering the program- and, even if they did, the minimum guaranteed annual income is likely to move (ip apace of the earned income of the working poor for many years.”
In behalf of the Curtis-Duncan bill, he said:
“It eliminates the dangers inherent in a uniformed guaranteed annual income. It removes the design and administration of the entire welfare program from the hands of the HEW bureaucracy and places it in the hands of state officials who have both the expertise and proximity to tailor the programs to honest needs. It provides federal financial assistance through the mechanism of revenue sharing, to ease the dollar burden presently handicapping the programs in many states. And, through improved administration and elimination of present abuses and cheaters, it will result in a substantial reduction in the welfare case loads, while permitting improved benefits for the truly needy.”
Robinson referred to an editorial along these lines which appeared in the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch and included its text with his remarks in the Congressional Record.
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