Posted on 10/24/2014 6:59:57 AM PDT by Phillyred
If elected governor, Tom Wolf plans to end the asset test, a measure that ties federal food stamp benefits to people's bank accounts and car ownership.
The Democrat would also work to reestablish General Assistance (GA), which used to pay $205 a month to people who were both poor and disabled.
Both moves would reverse initiatives by Gov. Corbett, who saw the asset test as a way to cut down on fraud and waste, and GA as an unnecessary institution from the 1930s whose elimination has saved the state $150 million a year. The Republican governor added the asset test and discarded GA in 2012.
The two programs have figured prominently in the lives of poor people. But they traditionally do not figure prominently in gubernatorial campaigns. While advocates for the poor applaud Wolf's intent, political experts say his views on asset tests and GA won't change voters' minds: Those who agree with Wolf's views on the programs are already in his corner.
Wolf has not said a great deal in public about the asset test. But in a July statement to ACT-UP Philadelphia, a nonpartisan group committed to ending AIDS, Wolf called the asset test "another example of how [Corbett] has embraced policies intended to hurt our most vulnerable residents."
In response, Billy Pitman, a spokesman for Corbett's campaign, said in an e-mail: "Gov. Corbett believes our limited public welfare dollars should be targeted at our most vulnerable."
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This is why we have people here in Arizona showing up at the welfare offices driving a Lexus or Escalade who say they need food stamp because they don’t have any money.
Race is tightening and Wolf is looking to buy more welfare votes.
Another important reason to vote for the “Bumbler” over the “Looter”.
How’s Corbett’s campaign looking? Is it in the ICU, gasping for air?
In other words... “Hey, I’m a Democrat, all I got to say is more free money for black people!”
As if that is any different than any Democrat, anywhere.
Seen the polls in PA? Sadly, this is not “if” but “when”.
Race has narrowed to 7 pts. Was previously 20+.
Corbett has been running some very good TV ads that
parody Wolf’s ads. Blue collar types talking about
how they look forward to paying all those additional
taxes under Governor Wolf.
What about seniors who have small Social Security and/or pensions coming in? Would no asset test mean that us “little folk” would be eligible for food stamps?
To be blunt, the answer to your question is “not if you’re not a key democrat constituency”.
That’ll get him votes, if the bums get off their couch to vote that is...
Only if you pass the race test.
Truer words have never been said with regard to any election involving a DEMONCRAT.
Thanks. This shouldn’t be a nail-biting election. But it is, because it ain’t over till it’s over. A bright spot is that Nate Silver sees a 63.9% chance of the GOP winning the Senate:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/senate-forecast/
Never underestimate what a taker will do to keep the goodies flowing.
Does this mean we can all go to Philly and get free food if he’s elected?
FREE $HIT FOR EVERYONE!
The fact that so many voters here see the answer to their problems being big bags of money that just magically appear in Harrisburg is maddening!
Yeah, I'm in the same camp.
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