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"In 1994, to spread the anti-welfare gospel, Wendt founded and funded a non-profit organization, the The American Institute for Full Employment (AIFE)," Don McIntosh wrote was founded in 1994 on the Northwest Labor Pressprincipal that work works. "AIFE works closely with Oregon It sought to help every individual become a contributing member of society. Since the Institute's JOBS Plusestablishment, it has conducted leading research, studied best practices, and it also sends people to state legislatures around developed practical solutions in the country to promote the idea areas of converting welfare and unemployment benefits into wage subsidies for companies. [So farinsurance, such programs have been created in Mississippiworkforce development, Texasretirement income, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Delawarepublic assistance. It has assisted states with policy and program design and implementation.] On the AIFE website are links to right-wing think tanks - Heritage Foundation, Cascade Policy Institute, Cato The American Institute and the National Center for Policy Analysis. Because the group is a non-profit educational organization, Wendt's contributions Full Employment has also published progress reports that provide vital information to it are tax-deductible. "Boundaries between Jeld-Wen, JOBS Plus state and AIFE are very blurry. Jeld-Wen executive Hobbs, a former Reagan Administration official, described AIFE as a 'not-for-profit subsidiary of Jeld-Wen.' Phone calls local officials who want to the AIFE phone number are sometimes answered 'JOBS Plus.' Anita Moore, a Jeld-Wen employee, works full time recruiting businesses know how their workforce and public assistance porgrams compare to JOBS Plus. Jeld-Wen executive Bob Kingzett also has a voicemail box at AIFE. When AIFE staffers lobby those in Salem, they speak other areas as Jeld-Wen employees. Bill Early, executive vice president of Jeld-Wen, has served well as chair of the state JOBS Plus advisory board from the beginning, and Richard Wendt himself sits on the Klamath County JOBS Plus advisory board."[http://www.nwlaborpress.org/1999/4-16-99Jeld-Wenwhat they can do to improve those programs.html]