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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Change the Word 'Welfare' to 'Transitional Living Fund'
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Posted on 01/08/2014 8:14:51 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Change the Word 'Welfare' to 'Transitional Living Fund' January 8, 2014 - 10:49 AM By Susan Jones

(CNSNews.com) - In a brief speech on the House floor Wednesday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) hailed the war on poverty, endorsed government welfare programs, and said the "safety net has to be something for all of us."

"Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is -- for people to be able to live," she said.

Jackson Lee hailed the Earned Income Credit, food and nutrition programs, jobs training and education programs, Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act as "huge safety nets -- not handouts, but safety nets, she said.

As part of her five-minute speech, she displayed a photo of people in a long line "who are possibly looking for work." Jackson-Lee said there's no way to know which of those people "are near the edge of poverty or living in poverty simply because they cannot find work."

She urged Congress to pass emergency unemployment insurance -- "a transitional outreach to individuals who are chronically unemployed," as she put it.

"Quite frankly, of all the wealthy nations, we have the lowest safety net and the highest poverty, because we're not willing to accept the fact that sometimes an American needs help. Even a veteran -- even a soldier.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; communism; jacksonlee; language; moron; welfarestate
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To: Sub-Driver

As soon as welfare doesn’t cover 19 y.o. boys with PTSD because their friend was shot and killed......and they didn’t even witness the killing...but now they have PTSD and can’t work.... as soon as that scam is fixed..then talk to me about changing the name of the scam


41 posted on 01/08/2014 8:48:30 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (I am the Tea Party bully who took Mitch McConnell's milk money.)
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To: Sub-Driver

No. If you’re going to collect it, then you need to carry the stigma that comes with it. Otherwise, get a f***ing job.


42 posted on 01/08/2014 8:49:09 AM PST by YourAdHere (I flip off all Obama bumper stickers.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

It was probably people waiting in line at Best Buy on black Friday (no racism intended).


43 posted on 01/08/2014 8:50:04 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: al_c

I caught the transitional part she is ignoring as well.


44 posted on 01/08/2014 8:50:57 AM PST by pas
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To: Sub-Driver
You can call a dog turd a Snickers bar, but the net effect is to ruin the word not enhance the turd.

“EBT” is now used with the same derision as “food stamps” was. New-speak doesn't even work on day one.

45 posted on 01/08/2014 8:51:06 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SampleMan

Yeah, the left has forever been perverting the language by changing the labels on the can of dog crap.

But, in the end, the label ends up meaning “can of dog crap”, no matter what it says.


46 posted on 01/08/2014 8:52:28 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Sub-Driver

“Even a Veteran - even a Soldier.”
So, the Democrats help the retired Veterans by taking money from them to give to HEADSTART and Education to buy votes? Funny definition of helping.
Fifty years and seventeen trillion dollars for The War On Poverty. Generations of welfare beneficiaries voting Democrat. It’s time to pull out of The War On Poverty just like we pulled out of Iraq.


47 posted on 01/08/2014 8:52:36 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Sub-Driver

Because chagning words will help.


48 posted on 01/08/2014 8:55:46 AM PST by vpintheak (Thankful to be God blessed & chosen!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Transitional.

I don’t think that word means what she thinks it means.


49 posted on 01/08/2014 8:58:10 AM PST by MortMan ("Marriage" as a legal concept is the state piggy backing on the Church.)
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To: Sub-Driver
The left loves them some propaganda word/phrase switching games.

Liberal to Progressive

Abortion to Pro-Choice

Central Planning to Fundamental Transformation

...ad nauseum

50 posted on 01/08/2014 8:58:39 AM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Sub-Driver
She has no intention of changing what it is, it's just the leftist habit of re-branding their crap every now and then.

51 posted on 01/08/2014 9:04:33 AM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Sub-Driver

I’d be more comfortable with “Long Term Leech Fund” :-)


52 posted on 01/08/2014 9:05:41 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Liberals just love changing words, phrases, terminology. That’s why I call the Democrat party the “Backstabbing treasonous Marxist sons of a bitches party”


53 posted on 01/08/2014 9:06:58 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: Sub-Driver
From 2011, probably can add a few more to this number by now.

Sheila Jackson Lee, Worst Boss In Congress? Goes Through 11 Chiefs Of Staff In 11 Years

54 posted on 01/08/2014 9:07:38 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Sub-Driver

‘Transitional Living Fund’ = Hide the Truth

Dems have mastered covering up the facts so they think.


55 posted on 01/08/2014 9:08:45 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Sub-Driver

How about changing the word WELFARE back to PUBLIC ASSISTANCE and prohibiting the federal government and the states from administering the program and requiring the municipalities to administer it and to public the names of the individuals receiving such “assistance” and the amounts they receive in each payment and their lifetime totals. That is how PUBLIC ASSISTANCE worked in the 1950s. But then back in the 1950s people went on PUBLIC ASSISTANCE for short periods of time, were grateful for the assistance, and found jobs in short order.


56 posted on 01/08/2014 9:09:55 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Let’s change the word “moron” to “Sheila”.

How about changing “welfare” to “Obamafare”?


57 posted on 01/08/2014 9:12:08 AM PST by FreedomGuru (Time for torches and pitchforks.)
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To: NEMDF



58 posted on 01/08/2014 9:12:30 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( a Safe..and Sane....2014 To All!)
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To: Sub-Driver

A couple of suggestions:

dole
teat
freebies


59 posted on 01/08/2014 9:14:26 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: Sub-Driver
"Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is -- for people to be able to live," she said.

Designate the recipients as telecommuting government employees and be done with it. They've already got a free government phone and don't do anything. Then, the Fraud in Chief can claim a massive job creation program and the AWADPT Union (Ain't Working And Don't Plan To) can start organizing and raising money for the political mob.

60 posted on 01/08/2014 9:15:11 AM PST by varon (Para bellum)
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