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Edwards says he'll remove work requirements for food stamps
Lake Charles American Press ^ | December 21, 2015 | Melinda DeSlatte

Posted on 12/21/2015 2:39:19 PM PST by justlittleoleme

Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards intends to remove work requirements that Gov. Bobby Jindal has enacted for more than 60,000 food stamp recipients.

Edwards sent a letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture saying he will seek a federal waiver of the work requirements. The governor-elect says Louisiana's unemployment rate qualifies it to skip the work mandate.

He's asking the USDA and the state social services department to stop any interruption of benefits until Edwards can reapply for the waiver that Jindal allowed to expire.

The work requirements are supposed to kick in Jan. 1 for adults aged 18 to 49 without children. To receive food stamps, they must work at least 20 hours per week or be enrolled in job training.

A lawsuit has been filed challenging the requirements.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanpress.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bobbyjindal; democrats; edwards; election2016; foodstamps; johnbeledwards; louisiana; work; workrequirement; workrequirements
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Because.... Democrats
1 posted on 12/21/2015 2:39:19 PM PST by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

Gotta pay for votes received from the FSA.


2 posted on 12/21/2015 2:42:12 PM PST by Lawgvr1955 ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: justlittleoleme

Why work when you can just vote Democrat?


3 posted on 12/21/2015 2:42:39 PM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Because only the people govt confiscates money from have to work.


4 posted on 12/21/2015 2:44:55 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: justlittleoleme

All paid for by massive government debt, supported by an unbacked, fiat, paper currency and the socialized monetary system manipulated by the central planners at the Federal Reserve.

This will ONLY be fixed when we return our monetary system to a free-market one, outside of bankers’ and government’s control

Until then, conservatives should expect to continue to lose every major economic and social battle they face.


5 posted on 12/21/2015 2:45:26 PM PST by PGR88
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To: justlittleoleme

But they can still vote twice in elections, right?


6 posted on 12/21/2015 2:48:13 PM PST by PROCON (Merry CHRISTmas!)
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To: justlittleoleme

Holy Crap Batman, why would they ever want something going on that creates a work ethic? As Democrats we can’t have that.


7 posted on 12/21/2015 2:49:47 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft
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To: justlittleoleme

Elections have consequences.

This is what happens when Santorum and Huckabee voters vote for the Democrat instead of voting for the Republican because he cheated on his wife several years back.


8 posted on 12/21/2015 2:50:17 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (Aeterna Aduersus Tyrannos)
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To: PGR88

Yup, you are 100% correct.


9 posted on 12/21/2015 2:55:47 PM PST by bkopto
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To: justlittleoleme

This guy ran to the right of David Vitter during the general election. Now that the election is over, Democrats do what Democrats do.


10 posted on 12/21/2015 2:56:17 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: Yashcheritsiy
This is what happens when Santorum and Huckabee voters vote for the Democrat instead of voting for the Republican because he cheated on his wife several years back.

No, this is what happens when Republicans run flawed candidates who think they are entitled to remain in political office despite their own shortcomings.

11 posted on 12/21/2015 2:58:29 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: justlittleoleme

As ever, Democrats are the enemy of the good, the correct and the beautiful. They always are.


12 posted on 12/21/2015 2:59:22 PM PST by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!"that)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

“This is what happens when Santorum and Huckabee voters vote for the Democrat instead of voting for the Republican because he cheated on his wife several years back.”

That’s what happens when the GOP doesn’t run a candidate who can appeal to 50.1% of the people voting on election day.


13 posted on 12/21/2015 2:59:24 PM PST by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Soul of the South

Well, congratulations, you just got your Democrat then!


14 posted on 12/21/2015 3:00:23 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (Aeterna Aduersus Tyrannos)
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To: justlittleoleme

It isn’t worth the effort it takes to keep them vertical and moving.


15 posted on 12/21/2015 3:06:30 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

16 posted on 12/21/2015 3:11:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Well. Well. Well. Chaos is returning to Louisiana. Edwards is an agent of Satan. Satan loves chaos!

The myopic and self-righteous voters of Louisiana fell for the seduction and exercised their desire to punish a sinner. They will punish themselves instead.


17 posted on 12/21/2015 3:12:14 PM PST by olezip
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To: justlittleoleme

Work? Ain’t nobody got time fo dat sh!t.


18 posted on 12/21/2015 3:15:05 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Hoodat
You act like he was the only Republican candidate. It was the voters who picked him over the other 2 Republican candidates that threw him into the runoff.

No it was those who cannot tolerate someone who made a mistake.

19 posted on 12/21/2015 3:16:27 PM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: justlittleoleme

why in HELL would anybody do THAT!???????
insane!
(excepting for persons with genuine disabilities, of course....2 Thessolonians 3:10)


20 posted on 12/21/2015 3:19:43 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Diff tween D's and R's is that the D's allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant))
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