Maine's Republican governor on Wednesday launched a push to make more “able-bodied” people work for their food stamps.
“People who are in need deserve a hand up, but we should not be giving able-bodied individuals a handout,’’ said Gov. Paul R. LePage.
LePage will reportedly stop seeking a federal waiver — issued in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession — allowing some food stamp recipients to bypass requirements that they work or volunteer, according to local news channel WCSH.
[h=1]Maine residents to work for food stamps, governor says [/h]
Anybody see anything wrong with this?
Me neither.
1. Why not count the hours actually spend looking for work?It depends. Some issues that immediately come to mind are:
1. It would interfere with job hunting, which is a full time job in and of itself;
2. Transportation issues. Are people in dire circumstances supposed to pay for the gas or bus fare to go work somewhere without pay, when they already can't buy all the food they need? Or are govt funds going to be spent (in addn to food stamps) to go pick them up and take them home.
3. Who will watch the kids while the parents are working? There's no income to pay for someone in the neighborhood to watch the kids for a few hours.
4. Who decides how able bodied they are? That lady behind the counter? Do they have to get a physical? Who pays for that? How do they get to the place to get a physical?
See, all these things come into play, when you're talking about people at the bottom, who have nothing. Some are frauds. But most are really poor, without even $5 to their name.
You have to think of logistics, when you're talking about people w/o the normal things that most people have, like a few bucks in the pocket, gas for a car, a car, transportation, someone to watch their kids.
But it's easier to group them as "those others," if you haven't been there yourself.
link(CNSNews.com) -- A record 20% of American households, one in five, were on food stamps in 2013, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
It depends. Some issues that immediately come to mind are:
1. It would interfere with job hunting, which is a full time job in and of itself;
2. Transportation issues. Are people in dire circumstances supposed to pay for the gas or bus fare to go work somewhere without pay, when they already can't buy all the food they need? Or are govt funds going to be spent (in addn to food stamps) to go pick them up and take them home.
3. Who will watch the kids while the parents are working? There's no income to pay for someone in the neighborhood to watch the kids for a few hours.
4. Who decides how able bodied they are? That lady behind the counter? Do they have to get a physical? Who pays for that? How do they get to the place to get a physical?
See, all these things come into play, when you're talking about people at the bottom, who have nothing. Some are frauds. But most are really poor, without even $5 to their name.
You have to think of logistics, when you're talking about people w/o the normal things that most people have, like a few bucks in the pocket, gas for a car, a car, transportation, someone to watch their kids.
But it's easier to group them as "those others," if you haven't been there yourself.
All good points, but who does those tasks when they go job hunting, and what do they use for transportation? I don't know what the State pays in food stamps, but surely they would not be expected to work more than one or two days a week, at most, and it's possible they could learn some skills that would help them in their job search.
All good points, but who does those tasks when they go job hunting, and what do they use for transportation? I don't know what the State pays in food stamps, but surely they would not be expected to work more than one or two days a week, at most, and it's possible they could learn some skills that would help them in their job search.
It depends. Some issues that immediately come to mind are:
1. It would interfere with job hunting, which is a full time job in and of itself;
2. Transportation issues. Are people in dire circumstances supposed to pay for the gas or bus fare to go work somewhere without pay, when they already can't buy all the food they need? Or are govt funds going to be spent (in addn to food stamps) to go pick them up and take them home.
3. Who will watch the kids while the parents are working? There's no income to pay for someone in the neighborhood to watch the kids for a few hours.
4. Who decides how able bodied they are? That lady behind the counter? Do they have to get a physical? Who pays for that? How do they get to the place to get a physical?
See, all these things come into play, when you're talking about people at the bottom, who have nothing. Some are frauds. But most are really poor, without even $5 to their name.
You have to think of logistics, when you're talking about people w/o the normal things that most people have, like a few bucks in the pocket, gas for a car, a car, transportation, someone to watch their kids.
But it's easier to group them as "those others," if you haven't been there yourself.
[h=1]Maine residents to work for food stamps, governor says [/h]
Anybody see anything wrong with this?
Me neither.
How is that the problem of those whose wealth is being taken?
Anybody see anything wrong with this?
Yes. They will be working for an average of $1.21 per hour based on the numbers in your article.
Yes. They will be working for an average of $1.21 per hour based on the numbers in your article.
Its that or 0.00 per hour. How about them apples?
That will probably increase pretty quickly once the system is in place.
Yes, under order of a federal court I will imagine.
4. Good question. If someone is so disabled as to be unable to work at all, it should be obvious to anyone.
Having people that can't involve themselves in the marketplace is bad for everyone. Desperation breds crime and cultural issues, which is also bad for everyone.
My disability is obvious to every doctor who's ever spoken to me, including Social Security's own hirelings, but that hasn't stopped the SSA from dicking me around for seven years.
I need food stamps to survive, and if I have to work to get them, I can't do it.
Ahh yes the old "If government doesn't step in these people will turn to CRIME!!!" What a ****ed way of thinking about people. Seriously.
Yet, you can afford a computer and internet access... but you just GOTTA have benefits to survive. I smell a priorities are ****ed up problem here.
Ahh yes the old "If government doesn't step in these people will turn to CRIME!!!" What a ****ed way of thinking about people. Seriously.
You should be aware I don't support welfare. That does mean however that I ignore that people will turn to crime when they are desperate. I also have no faith in humanity, so yeah.
So, because you have no faith in "humanity" because people might steal... you support stealing wealth from those that are productive to keep those that aren't productive from stealing. That's just messed up man.
You don't know dick about Korimyr's disability or circumstances other than the very little he's disclosed, so perhaps you should disembark from your high horse for once in your life.
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