1.   Anyone who refuses to accept a job or a workfare slot automatically loses food-stamp benefits, even with a waiver in place.

2.   But communities will be hard pressed to find enough workfare slots for all the single mothers who currently receive cash welfare benefits.

3.   But it also threatens states by raising the cost of each workfare slot and by making workfare an attractive alternative to private-sector jobs.

4.   But states will also create workfare slots for enrollees who cannot find other work.

5.   Finding enough workfare slots, much less private-sector jobs, could be a challenge in the next few years.

6.   He also proposes reinstating uninterrupted food-stamp benefits for adults who cannot find private- or public-sector work or a government-provided workfare slot.

7.   If the Governor skimps on payments to the counties, they will have too little money to create workfare slots for everyone who qualifies.