Cloward–Piven strategy
Okay kiddo, do you know what a strategy is? It's like a plan or a way to do something. And the Cloward-Piven strategy is a plan that two people named Richard Cloward and Frances Piven came up with in the 1960s to help poor people get more benefits from the government.
Here's how it works: if lots of people apply for government benefits all at once, the government might not be able to handle it and they might have to make changes to the system. So Cloward and Piven said that they should encourage as many people as possible to apply for benefits that they might not even be eligible for. This would make the system so overwhelmed that the government would have to change it and give more benefits to more people.
Some people think this strategy is a bad idea because it could make the government spend too much money and make things worse in the long run. Others think it's a good idea because it might help people who really need it get more help from the government.
But you heard it from me, it's always better to work hard and create opportunities for ourselves than relying too much on benefits.
Here's how it works: if lots of people apply for government benefits all at once, the government might not be able to handle it and they might have to make changes to the system. So Cloward and Piven said that they should encourage as many people as possible to apply for benefits that they might not even be eligible for. This would make the system so overwhelmed that the government would have to change it and give more benefits to more people.
Some people think this strategy is a bad idea because it could make the government spend too much money and make things worse in the long run. Others think it's a good idea because it might help people who really need it get more help from the government.
But you heard it from me, it's always better to work hard and create opportunities for ourselves than relying too much on benefits.