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1,800 on welfare may be avoiding work
The Boston Globe ^
| September 26, 2005
| Scott Greenberger
Posted on 09/26/2005 6:20:09 AM PDT by cwiz24
About 1,800 people who were depressed or had muscle strains avoided work requirements in the state's welfare program last year because Massachusetts considered them disabled, even though their maladies may have been easily treated, according to state statistics and interviews with specialists.
The fate of disabled welfare recipients is a key element in an ongoing debate on Beacon Hill, as Governor Mitt Romney urges state lawmakers to adopt tougher federal disability standards that would force thousands of people considered disabled under current state standards to go to work.
Some disability advocates say Romney is on the right track in forcing recipients with disabilities into the workforce.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: welfare
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I'm shocked. Really. People who are given handouts by the government don't want them to stop? Mindblowing and unexpected.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:20:10 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
To: cwiz24
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:24:40 AM PDT
by
konaice
To: cwiz24
I didn't realize that there were that few politicians in Boston.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:25:00 AM PDT
by
dts32041
( Robin Hood, stealing from the government and giving back to tax payer. Where is he today?)
To: cwiz24
I live in Houston and I talked to a teacher who is helping out a family from NO and one of the ladies had an offer to work at Home Depot but decided against it because she had never worked in her lifetime.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:26:02 AM PDT
by
truthandlife
("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
To: cwiz24
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:26:20 AM PDT
by
JimWforBush
(Alcohol - For the best times you'll never remember)
To: cwiz24
This is what we get for allowing people to vote them selves a treasury...
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:27:21 AM PDT
by
SDGOP
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To: cwiz24
I am deeply saddened by this, deeply saddened.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:28:27 AM PDT
by
Piquaboy
(22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
To: Baynative
I was being sarcastic with the "BREAKING NEWS" title. Forgot my sarcasm tag, though.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:29:20 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
(I worked very hard on this tagline.)
To: truthandlife
How old is this woman? But do you know that forty years ago, this was true of most white women?
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:29:54 AM PDT
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: Piquaboy
I, too, am deeply saddened.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:31:02 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
(I worked very hard on this tagline.)
To: cwiz24
Mitt Romney urges state lawmakers to adopt tougher federal disability standards that would force thousands of people considered disabled under current state standards to go to work
Oh my Mass has turned into a gulag. Where is amnesty international
To: truthandlife
"she had never worked in her lifetime."
This is because
'we' elect politicians who don't want them to work,
'we' elect politicians who don't want them to have a 'good' education,
'we' elect politicians who don't want them to have pride,
'we' elect politicians who don't want them to become independent of government.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:32:17 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Reality: By the time you get your head together, your body's shot to hell.)
To: cwiz24
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:32:52 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
To: TheRedSoxWinThePennant
Where is amnesty international
They're down on the Gulf Coast, investigating reports of slave ships and concentration camps.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:33:30 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
(I worked very hard on this tagline.)
To: absolootezer0
I know--seemed low to me too.
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:33:47 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
(I worked very hard on this tagline.)
To: cwiz24
1,800 on welfare may be avoiding work
Me thinks that number may be a tad conservative.
Walk down the streets of Lynn, and Lawrence and you will see ten times that many
To: cwiz24
In other news the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
Is there a NO SHIT!! section of FR?
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:35:50 AM PDT
by
JackDanielsOldNo7
(If it wasn't for marriage, I would not have this screenname.)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: cwiz24
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posted on
09/26/2005 6:42:27 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
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