Changes

The '''American Institute for Full Employment''' is a nonprofit public policy research and development center founded in an anti-welfare 501(c)3 group that since 1994, with offices in was been promoting so-called welfare reform programs. The group is primarily the creation of Klamath Falls, Oregon and Washingtonmillionaire industrialist [[Richard L. Wendt]], D.Cchairman of [[Jend-Wen]], Inc.

The Institute was founded with More recently the group became involved in supporting the goal of Full Employment – universal access to jobs with career potential Bush administration's push for all who can work, so they can avoid the many poverties of unemployment[[Social Security privatization]]. The Institute currently researches and develops effective public assistance, employment, and retirement policiesIn 2003 it launch a group called [[For Our Grandchildren]] with which it shares its mailing address.

The According to its website the "Institute is best known for developing the successful Full Employment Program – a welfare, unemployment and food stamp replacement concept that converts benefits to wage subsidies for transitional, training-oriented, predominantly private sector jobs. It helped implement the program as [[JOBS Plus]] in Oregon and Work First in Mississippi."[http://www.fullemployment.org/] The American Institute for Full Employment works on a variety of projects ranging from state welfare and unempployment insurance reform to issues facing our nation as a whole such as social security reform.

The "In 1994, to spread the anti-welfare gospel, Wendt founded and funded a non-profit organization, the American Institute for Full Employment was founded (AIFE)," Don McIntosh wrote in 1994 on the principal that work Northwest Labor Press. "AIFE works. It sought to help every individual become a contributing member of society. Since the Instituteclosely with Oregon's establishmentJOBS Plus, and it has conducted leading research, studied best practices, and developed practical solutions in also sends people to state legislatures around the country to promote the areas idea of converting welfare and unemployment insurancebenefits into wage subsidies for companies. [So far, workforce developmentsuch programs have been created in Mississippi, retirement incomeTexas, Kentucky, Wisconsin and public assistanceDelaware. It has assisted states with policy ] On the AIFE website are links to right-wing think tanks - Heritage Foundation, Cascade Policy Institute, Cato Institute and program design and implementationthe National Center for Policy Analysis. The American Institute for Full Employment has also published progress reports that provide vital information Because the group is a non-profit educational organization, Wendt's contributions to state and local officials who want to know how their workforce and public assistance porgrams compare to those in other areas as well as what they can do to improve those programsit are tax-deductible.