Posted on 04/08/2015 5:30:14 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
Cracking Down on Maines Welfare Reform
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/393552/cracking-down-maines-welfare-reform-jillian-kay-melchior
26NOV2014
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Governor LePage reins in entitlement abuse, and the Obama administration objects.
Maines Republican governor won re-election largely on his welfare-reform agenda and the federal government is not pleased. Late last week, the Obama administration threatened to cut federal funding over one of Maines new anti-fraud measures, while the LePage administration began marketing its aggressive reform agenda to a national audience. Grab the popcorn. Statewide reform in Maine was overdue; the states unemployment rate is a mere 5.6 percent, but one in five residents receives food-stamp benefits, the states Department of Health and Human Services reports. Meanwhile, fraud and abuse cost Maine an estimated $3.7 million every year.
Maybe they can head to California. I read their legislature is working on a plan to supplement the federal EITC with an additional 30% state money.
Paul Lepage is a true hero. He makes Christie look like a wimp and he is the real deal.
Maybe LePage should throw his hat into the ring for POTUS!
Start demanding these types of things on general Welfare recipients. Those numbers would drop too.
Some of this was already done under the Republican plan during Clinton’s term in office. I think more could be done.
I also think they should be honest with the public about how part time work is considered full time employment for the unemployment statistics.
Unemployment remains artificially low, because someone working one or two four or eight hours shifts per week are considered employed. They still get Welfare benefits too.
The government games they system so much...
I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.—Benjamin Franklin
Maine was +15 Baraq in 2012.
How did this guy pull it off?
Good question. Bears repeating.
No, I don’t think he would make a good president, presidents need to lead and get people behind them.
Lepage is more pit bull. He would do best in the cabinet in charge of oh, the dept of Education or the EPA or the Interior. He would be a housecleaner of magnificent proportions.
BTW, the next admin to come in nationally needs to request every bureaucrat resignation and tell them all to reapply. Time to clean the rats nests out of the government.
No welfare recipient should EVER get lobster!
The comments on the bottom are great.
I thought I was reading Free Republic there for a moment with the grammar Nazis.
Great that everything is working out in Maine. A success story for sure.
a lot of people, though dislikeing his personal style, liked his results. Had a number of leftists who cornered me and said I am voting for Lepage.
Why? They could see the good results of a state getting back under control fiscally.
He is now trying to eliminate the income tax and shift it to property taxes. Not popular. But what it does is take money away from bureaucrats. Hoo hoo you should see how the hospitals and other agencies are fighting having their gravy trains dry up.
The entire welfare state needs to be destroyed. Its premise is to buy votes for one group while stealing from another.
It will exist as long as we have have present currency and financial system.
Welfare reform was a large part of the 2012-2013 budget, which emphasized Maine will no longer be considered a welfare destination state.
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This has been killing the state. It along with Catholic Charities brought in Somalis from other states when their refugee resettlement people from overseas dried up.
Social workers across the country keep info for the homeless on where to go for best bennies and Maine has always been generous to people who were stuck. But it become a flood and overwhelmed this state with a population of just over a million. Although we have a small population we were supporting a homeless population for a much larger state.
Lobsters used to be so plentiful, they would feed them to prisoners. They complained about the diet.
By the way, they are delicious and nutritious. And cheap too.
By the way, they are delicious and nutritious. And cheap too.
Good info.
Thanks!
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