This would permit states to require work or job training and thus help move people off welfare.

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First, we'll open new doors to higher education and job training programs to recently laid-off workers who are receiving unemployment benefits.

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Some make a different point, that society benefits if lads without job prospects are taken off the streets and into useful training before unappealing habits form.

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Training may be on the job or off the job.

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It means that laid-off workers might not be able to count on temporary assistance or training to help them get a new job.

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