[Above My Pay Grade]

If we are going to have welfare, welfare recipients should receive vouchers for weekly supply of rice, beans, milk, eggs, bread, peanut butter, oatmeal, plus small amounts of inexpensive meat, and a few fruits and vegetables. That is all.

Instead of banning men from living in welfare households, they should ban ALL designer clothes, iPods, cell phones, televisions, video games and other electronics, alcohol, tobacco, plus any other non-essential items. Even if these items are received as gifts, they should be confiscated and sold to reimburse the taxpayers.

Once the recipients realized that living off of other people's money is a dreary lifestyle, the vast majority would find a way to start earning their own keep, and get off welfare. Nobody would go hungry, but almost nobody would want to stay on welfare.

[WOBBLY BOB]

a special welfare-only store would be a good idea.

They could buy anything in the store and the items in it would be similar to dollar store stuff...no name brand and no booze,smokes and other such luxuries.