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Trump says he's looking 'very, very strongly' at welfare reform
CNN Politics ^ | October 16, 2017 | Dan Merica

Posted on 10/16/2017 5:17:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 10/16/2017 5:17:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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saying that some people are "taking advantage of the system."

Many millions, and they need to be cut off completely, "social unrest" be damned.

2 posted on 10/16/2017 5:20:00 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I love this man.


3 posted on 10/16/2017 5:20:26 PM PDT by freepertoo
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No welfare for immigrants of any type.


4 posted on 10/16/2017 5:22:18 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: freepertoo

He is giving the liberals “vapors”, hehehehe.


5 posted on 10/16/2017 5:22:39 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Outstanding:

Work requirements
Drug testing
Max benefits
No benefits to illegals

Make sense...he’s bringing jobs, now push people to go to work.


6 posted on 10/16/2017 5:23:44 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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Amen. That should be at the top of the list.


7 posted on 10/16/2017 5:26:52 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Mr. Mojo

yeah all those crazy people living up their $100 a week payday!!!


8 posted on 10/16/2017 5:27:42 PM PDT by The Cuban
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A first step should be to consolidate all the various programs:

Examining the Means-tested Welfare State: 79 Programs and $927 Billion in Annual Spending

Spreading them out into dozens of agencies is a good way to hide the full scope. First, consolidate them all into one agency, and lay off the redundant federal employees. It would be hard for Democrats to generate widespread outrage about that.

Second would be to cap how much any recipient could receive, total, from all programs.

Third, institute ID checking and citizenship checking.

9 posted on 10/16/2017 5:29:30 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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How about making them pick cotton the old fashioned way? Plenty of fields available.


10 posted on 10/16/2017 5:30:18 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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Good its about damn time too..I remember a time being on welfare people were embarrassed to be on it..now they FLAUNT IT..some people truly need it to stay afloat and I totally understand that..but others are abusing the system. I once saw a woman in a MERCEDES using her EBT card at Whole Foods, WHOLE FOODS..I was shocked, she looked to be in her mid 40s, and seriously who would use their EBT card to purchase anything at Whole Foods, I understand Ralphs and Vons but Whole Foods come on, didnt look disabled, driving a nice car..some people need the welfare but others are abusing the system and need to be cut off


11 posted on 10/16/2017 5:30:27 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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I’m getting tired of winning. (Okay, not really.)


12 posted on 10/16/2017 5:30:57 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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The golden calf of the left. Go for it Trump. Drug test them.....


13 posted on 10/16/2017 5:34:16 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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Isn’t that really a state issue?


14 posted on 10/16/2017 5:35:04 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
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Please:
No assistance of any kind to refugees or immigrants, period.
No additional benefits for anyone for more than one child.
Benefits cannot be drawn for more than one year— lifetime cap.
End medicaid.
End EITC.

Eliminating these welfare programs, (and eliminating no fault divorce) would return this country to it’s roots in two generations. “Single moms” would disappear very quickly, and people would get married and stay married and work through their problems.


15 posted on 10/16/2017 5:35:43 PM PDT by LambSlave
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“President Donald Trump said Monday his administration will start to consider reforming the welfare system in the United States, saying that some people are “taking advantage of the system.”

Please start NOW!!! Go to the new system,
Work or go without! (food, cars, tv, phones,...)

16 posted on 10/16/2017 5:37:12 PM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet (Stand for the flag, kneel for the cross))
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There are those of us who truly cannot work. You want us to starve?


17 posted on 10/16/2017 5:48:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: LambSlave

Sounds good to me.


18 posted on 10/16/2017 5:55:36 PM PDT by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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President Donald Trump said Monday his administration will start to consider reforming the welfare system in the United States, saying that some people are "taking advantage of the system."

Having spent part of my childhood in a welfare household, I can attest that "taking advantage of the system" is part of the poverty culture. For example, when I was a kid, there was a deposit on soda bottles, which were collected, washed, and reused. But if people bought the soda with food stamps, they did not have to pay the deposit. But they could still turn in the bottles for the deposit in cash. For kids who wanted to spend the summer playing pin-ball, those bottles were a way to get coins for the pin-ball machines.

Since I dislike soda, I wouldn't even drink the stuff. I'd pour most of it out and take the bottle back for the deposit.

There were plenty of other ways to game the system, and I'm sure there are even more now.

19 posted on 10/16/2017 5:57:53 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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Theres only one type of IMMIGRANT...

youre either an IMMIGRANT or youre not...


20 posted on 10/16/2017 5:58:47 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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