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Sheila Jackson Lee proposes new term for 'welfare' (a "transitional living fund")
The Houston Chronicle ^
| January 9, 2014
| Carol Christian
Posted on 01/11/2014 3:28:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What an insufferable creep she is. It's the policies that she supports whole heartedly that keep people ignorant and in poverty.
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posted on
01/11/2014 4:37:42 PM PST
by
Bullish
(America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
To: DannyTN
Welfare for years was called Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) but is now called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) since 1997.
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posted on
01/11/2014 4:37:44 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
To: Farmer Dean
Her IQ isn’t room temp, it’s the temperature of cold water.
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posted on
01/11/2014 4:39:42 PM PST
by
Bullish
(America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I like: “We sit on our @$$ for free stuff freeloaders”. I think that sounds better.
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posted on
01/11/2014 4:39:57 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(I am proud to be a Christian and follower of my Lord Jesus Christ. Time is short for U to know Him!)
To: Bullish
I’ve seen smarter leavings by dogs on the sidewalk.
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posted on
01/11/2014 4:43:22 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Liberals like to change names of things—Like Human resources rather than the unemployment office. HEY! I can end all Murder in America! Changethe name to Illegal Life Termination! (Exicutions would be Legal Life Termination) ILT would be made illegal! But Murders would stop! because the name has been change to make people feel better!
To: EinNYC
Instead of coming up with new terms for welfare, how about we eliminate welfare?
Guess then people like Sheila Jackson Lee would have no reason to exist.
To: LibsRJerks
And her reason to even exist now is....? I can’t think of any.
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posted on
01/11/2014 4:57:51 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: 2ndDivisionVet
MULTI-GENERATIONAL transitional living fund
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:08:57 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Bryanw92
Lets just get the Marxism out in the open and call it a Basic Living Stipend (BLS). Actually it's not Marxism, per Milton Freidman. A negative income tax would provide everyone with a subsidy, which means Uncle Sam cuts everyone a check that can be used to pay basic living expenses. At the same time, all the poverty programs, labor laws, and welfare would be abolished.
To: RetiredArmy
Kinda like calling looting “non-traditional shopping”.
To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
Regarding Rep. Jackson Lees's misguided political goals concerning federal welfare programs, please consider the following. Since the states have never delegated to Congress, via the Constitution, the specific power to tax and spend for public welfare purposes, Rep. Jackson Lee needs to do the following in order to uphold her oath to protect and defend the Constitution where her "vision" for federal welfare programs, or whatever she wants to call it, is concerned.
She needs to comply with the Constitution's Article V by rallying Congress to propose an appropriate welfare amendment to the states for ratification. And if the states choose to ratify her amendment, then not only will Congress have the constitutional authority that it needs to tax and spend for welfare purposes, but Rep. Jackson Lee will also be a hero.
Otherwise, by continuing to ignore that Congress has no constitutional authority to legislatively address welfare issues, Rep. Jackson Lee is abusing her powers as a federal lawmaker by addressing welfare issues outside the framework of the Constitution. And I suspect that she's basically trying to take advantage of low-information voters who support her, trying to win votes from supporters who do not understand the federal government's constitutionally limited powers.
To: Paladin2
So I am thinking that my suggestion "PERPETUAL PARASITE CLASS" didn't make the cut?
Just Damn
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:34:15 PM PST
by
SERE_DOC
( “The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” TJ.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let’s have a new designation for Shelia Jackson Lee. To start, I’ll propose Toots. As in Toots Shelia Jackson Lee from California.
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posted on
01/11/2014 5:58:40 PM PST
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: righttackle44
She’s a Texas congresswoman, unfortunately.
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:02:45 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sheila Jackson Lee proposes new term for 'welfare'...How about "Superior Citizen Appreciation Award"?
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:07:39 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
The other part of ms Lee’s proposal proposes to rename Welfare Cadillacs (and Lexi) to ‘Yugos’.
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:10:40 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
If it wasn’t for having to give up her House seat, Lee could have run for governor of TX and show us how things should be done.
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:43:30 PM PST
by
Theodore R.
(People in TX in 2014 cheer: Cornball and George P.!)
To: Cowgirl of Justice
Democrats don’t propose any temporary program. Sheila probably had to pay someone with tax money to come up with a name for Welfare that had less stigma. Personally I think the name Welfare is too nice for the average recipient. Sheila is a first class dunce. No offense intended to dunces.
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:43:40 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Shelia Jackson is a racist liberal. And liberalism is a mental disorder.
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posted on
01/11/2014 7:16:42 PM PST
by
Tudorfly
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