Posted on 09/19/2012 6:52:26 AM PDT by rawhide
Obama administration officials have insisted that their decision to grant states waivers to redefine work requirements for welfare recipients would not “gut” the landmark 1996 welfare reform law. But a new report from the Congressional Research Service obtained by the Washington Examiner suggests that the administration’s suspension of a separate welfare work requirement has already helped explode the number of able-bodied Americans on food stamps.
In addition to the broader work requirement that has become a contentious issue in the presidential race, the 1996 welfare reform law included a separate rule encouraging able-bodied adults without dependents to work by limiting the amount of time they could receive food stamps. President Obama suspended that rule when he signed his economic stimulus legislation into law, and the number of these adults on food stamps doubled, from 1.9 million in 2008 to 3.9 million in 2010, according to the CRS report, issued in the form of a memo to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.
“This report once again confirms that President Obama has severely gutted the welfare work requirements that Americans have overwhelmingly supported since President Clinton signed them into law,” Cantor said in an emailed statement. “It’s time to reinstate these common-sense measures, and focus on creating job growth for those in need.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
What should they do, shut down the govt and get rioting in every city of the US?
If you don't believe the dems would burn down every city in this country to try and keep their power, your wrong.
Sounds like “waivers to redefine work requirements for welfare recipients” are a High-Tech version of “walking around money.”
I wonder if the explosion of food stamp recipients will be the thing that bites Obama in the butt.
Those of us “pulling the wagon” rarely interacted in real life with those who were on the dole.
But now, in every WalMart, we get a front row view of those who we are supporting. And while I buy my store-brand cereal, not because I can’t afford brand name, but because I think it’s stupid to pay all that money for Tony the Tiger, I watch those ahead of me in line whip out that card for Capri Sun and sushi. (at least that was last week’s outrage)
Nothing like a front row seat to bring it all home.
This is going well.
If we lose this election - they will probably have it.
They (liberals,democraps,etc) MUST have the goods on the republican legislators.
The goods have to be pretty bad for these spineless congresscritters not to do or say anything.
ping
Just because some people get annoyed doesn't mean that it isn't important work. I know many conservatives are hostile to polls in general, feeling they are used for perverse reasons. You see here how they can serve a valuable purpose as well.
Broken dependent people vote democrat. Thy system is set up to make that happen, NOT to help a person on a temporary basis - but to make them dependent. It's sick, but on the lighter brighter side, it does allow liberals to feel superior.
Broken dependent people vote democrat. Thy system is set up to make that happen, NOT to help a person on a temporary basis - but to make them dependent. It's sick, but on the lighter brighter side, it does allow liberals to feel superior.
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