The administration knew that some people would prefer to just not work and, presumably, chose to be a bit more hungry instead. But, the number of those who actually dropped off the program has far exceeded the administration’s expectations.
There was around 12,000 non-disabled adults in the program before Jan. 1. That figure has dropped all the way down to 2,680 as of this month!
So, Maine reveals that 78 percent of those on food stamps would prefer to just not eat, or do their best to slough off on the backs of others than actually be at least semi-productive.
The rules prevent adults who are not disabled and do not have dependents from receiving food stamps for more than three months, unless they work at least 20 hours a week, participate in a work-training program, or meet volunteer guidelines for 24 hours out of the month. Any one of those three getting met will not result in the loss of their SNAP food benefits.
Let me emphasize. The least difficult of those three, is fulfilling an approved volunteer work load of just 24 hours out of an entire month. The hardest, is doing at least 20 hours of on the job work per week. Hey, only volunteering 24 hours per month is a seriously good deal to receive hundreds of dollars of free food. The average SNAP monthly benefit is approximately $477.88 per month for a four person household size. In most cases it’s even more. For 24 hours of volunteering, that’s making about $19.91 per hour. Nice!
In Maine, 9,000 so-called able-bodied people who are too poor to feed themselves couldn’t handle that. Even more of a drastic measure, people in Maine who lose their benefits in such a manner can’t regain assistance for three years.
Liberals have sold government dependence so deliberately well, that even doing 24 hours of approved volunteer work a month for a capable adult became too much for more than 9,000 people. If it seems like I’m parroting these numbers again and again, you must realize the implications are staggering. Who in their right mind would turn down such a deal? Actually wanting a member of society to be productive in some reasonable way shouldn’t be too hard to meet!
Dont break ,the law dont break the law, dont break the law ,get a job!!! What dont you understand?
Gets it from you grandmother. That’s what families are for.