"Welfare to Work, When There is No Work" radio episode · Les AuCoin Collection

Title: "Welfare to Work, When There is No Work" radio episode
Description: An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin, in which he criticizes former President Bill Clinton and political consultant Dick Morris for their "welfare reform" measures in the 1990s. AuCoin argues that the outcomes of those reforms had caused predictable distress for poor people during the Recession of 2001. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes features his commentary on current political events or life updates, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired on Dec. 1, 2001. The title is from a transcript.
Identifier: PUA_MS147_JPR_004
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date Created: 1 Dec 2001
Date: 2001
Spatial Coverage: United States
Is Part Of: Jefferson Public Radio
Subject: AuCoin, Les; Oregon--Politics and government; Public broadcasting--Oregon
Extent: 1 audio file (2 min., 41 sec.)
Format: MP3
Source: Pacific University Archives
Rights: This recording is provided here for research purposes with the permission of Les AuCoin and Jefferson Public Radio. All rights reserved.; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/