Great news for fiscal conservatives: the government is tying food stamps to recipients’ ability and willingness to seek some form of employment.
While it may be welcome news to those who feel we spend too much on a welfare program that does nothing but encourage dependency, liberals are aghast at the fact that the government is requiring food stamp beneficiaries to meet some very basic requirements before they get their assistance. While to most people this might seem reasonable, to them it is an unconscionable crime with few parallels in history.
Such hysterical reactions are all the more unwarranted when one actually looks at the the recently-introduced requirements. For able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 49 without children or dependents to continue participating in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, they must work, volunteer, or take part in a job training program for at least 20 hours a week.
The new requirements, which went into effect this past Friday, can hardly be called draconian. But in spite of this, some are already projecting major decreases in the number of food stamp recipients across the nation, as beneficiaries cannot or simply refuse to follow the new rules.
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Good. Now they will be forced to work with no more free lunches.
I read somewhere that a large number of recipients do work but wages are so low they qualify for assistance. fast food, walmart, etc…
now we need to force employers to pay a living wage so people can earn enough to put a roof over their head and cover the other “basics”.
we also need to go after the real freeloaders – corporate welfare and tax cheats. manipulating the system and hiding TRILLIONS of dollars in offshore tax havens. CEO’s who make 100’s of millions a year yet pay less in taxes than those two in the pics above. Disgraceful…
Sorry americans got to make sure the illegals get your money. Have a million illegal mexican and million muslims that need it more then u. Now this is not the land of the free i think they had in mind. We also have to send their country our money and some free guns because they need protection. By the way dont forget to turn in your gun we need them to send to our follow enemies so they have something to shoot at our troops with. Cant have a war with no guns. We gave them hummers also so now we have to pay for thier gas. When they get tired they need a place to sleep so make sure u give them a house here so they can rest and get back to shooting our troops. Man war is expensive.
THERE WILL BE A REVOLUTION…ITS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN !
It’s time the leeches get jobs! The party is over….
Need to have jobs available so they can work
it’s good for their moral
Not just Americans every one in america should work for there food stamps