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85% drop in food stamp recipients in AL counties where work requirement restarted
American Thinker ^
| June 6, 2017
| Rick Moran
Posted on 06/06/2017 7:16:55 AM PDT by george76
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06/06/2017 7:16:55 AM PDT
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george76
To: george76
To: george76
What?!? No! Can’t be! I’m sure that’s racist or something!
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:21:11 AM PDT
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bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: george76
We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. - Ronald Reagan
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:22:11 AM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
To: stars & stripes forever
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:22:49 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(May the Covfefe be with you...)
To: george76
...a work requirement for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program, saw an 85% drop in recipients. Surely, anyone with a neuron still firing could have predicted this. Some European countries have "workfare", which requires you to show up at 7AM to wash windows, clean toilets...whatever needs to be done on gov't property to qualify for any welfare payments. You'd be surprised how many people find better paying jobs in the private sector.
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06/06/2017 7:23:14 AM PDT
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econjack
To: george76
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06/06/2017 7:26:41 AM PDT
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:29:13 AM PDT
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DoughtyOne
(May the Covfefe be with you...)
To: george76
The counties - Greene, Hale, Perry, Dallas, Lowndes, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Clarke, Washington, Choctaw, Sumter and Barbour.
Most of these counties are in or border the Black Belt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Belt_%28region_of_Alabama%29
This fertile strip of soil runs from VA to TX with some of the very richest being in Dallas County, AL.
Catfish farming in Perry, Hale, and Greene counties is HUGE.
Some farms harvest almost one million pounds per week.
Lotta jobs.
To: george76
winning!
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:34:26 AM PDT
by
bitt
(The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literal)
To: stars & stripes forever
We should measure welfares success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. - Ronald Reagan
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Exactly, but if you’re a crooked politician you want to use welfare to buy votes.
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06/06/2017 7:37:42 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: george76
And, to stabilize that effort, they need to get rid of illegals. I know the (for the most part) cowards in state govt, especially in the governor’s mansion, say they cannot. It’s not true. There’s much they can do to make criminals/illegals seek greener pastures elsewhere.
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:39:49 AM PDT
by
LouAvul
(The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
To: george76
As it was originally constituted back in the 1960s, the food stamp program was supposed to help the desperately poor. Gradually, over the years, eligibility requirements were expanded.A lot of the childless, able-bodied are college students who don't want to work while in school. They have found the loophole in the system that allows them to use SNAP instead of getting a job to make ends meet. A lot of campuses have also started food banks, because the notion of the "starving student" is so prevalent. They don't vet or ask questions, it's all on the honor system. My bet is in Alabama, a lot of those dropping off the SNAP rolls are the college students who lost their free ride.
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:41:28 AM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(God be greater than the worries in my life, be stronger than the weakness in my mind, be magnified.)
To: george76
Excellent....now rinse and repeat throughout the country.
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:41:53 AM PDT
by
Envisioning
(Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
To: Original Lurker
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06/06/2017 7:48:24 AM PDT
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george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Original Lurker
These counties (especially the western ones in Alabama) are also solidly democrat, some of the poorest in the nation, and demographically more black than most other counties in Alabama. Every election, its easy to pick out the clack belt on the county map. I don’t understand why, but these areas are poor, despite their resources.
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:51:32 AM PDT
by
lacrew
To: george76
2 Thes 3:10; For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:51:32 AM PDT
by
PeteePie
(Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
To: george76; newgeezer
Obama eliminated the work requirement as a wink to his constituents on his first week in office.
How many ways to liberals hate the bible?
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:53:42 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(How many ways do liberals hate the bible?)
To: george76
Add drug screening and we can get to 100%
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posted on
06/06/2017 7:56:27 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
Freeloaders will be freeloaders.... what, me WORK??? Forget that...
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posted on
06/06/2017 8:05:03 AM PDT
by
TnTnTn
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