Its a safety net, not a hammock.
DUmmy heads exploding in a beautiful symphonic chorus.
If it were up to me, I would make it as inconvenient as possible. No mailed checks or direct deposit, you have to go stand in line for your check each week. Mandatory drug testing. Become pregnant while on assistance and loose all benefits. Benefits diminish over time.
Has anybody else heard of this?
There is a “program” that allows a parent (a single mother, welfare queen) to get paid by the state, as a CNA, to care for their own disabled child. Somewhere in the ballpark of $1200 per month.
I think it’s in California.
70% will qualify because of this “loophole”...even if they have to “disable” the spouse or child themselves
The Senate did add language that allows benefit extensions for those caring for a disabled spouse or child.”
Remember, fat is now a disability, so a huge number will still be able to keep the entitlement checks coming in!
This is why this shouldn’t be government run. One size does not fit all. Welfare should ALL go back to local and community run charities. I’ve heard of horror stories coming from the other side. I have a gf who is disabled. Ever now and again she loses most of her food stamps. They do this even though she can prove she’s only getting disability. This has happened to her several times. She lives off about $650 a month plus food stamps. She pays for her rent and electric bill with no help. Personally, I don’t know how she does it. I have in the past sent her money so she could by toilet paper. She has no cable and her kids pay for her cell phone. The waiting list for government housing is about 2 years and she keeps getting kicked back. They lost her paper work. She didn’t fill it out right one time. They never told her this until she called after waiting for months. This has been going on for about 7 years.
If the unemployment rate is that high, people should MOVE to where the jobs are.