States attempt to tighten welfare restrictions?
"If you're not abusing the program, then you should really have no problem with these reforms," said state Rep. Shaunna O'Connell, a Republican pushing for restrictions in Massachusetts.
While the crackdown has strong populist appeal in Democratic and GOP states alike in this era of tight budgets and tea party demands for fiscal discipline, advocates for the poor argue that the restrictions are based on stereotypes about people on welfare, and they say the notion of any widespread abuse is a myth. Most people on public assistance, they contend, are single mothers struggling just to get by.
The movement has been spurred in part by Congress. Under legislation signed by President Barack Obama in February to extend a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, welfare recipients are barred from using their cash assistance in strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores. States must change their own laws to conform by 2014.
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- Monty 2012/08/05 14:54:27
+1instead of giving ppl cash,why don't they put the money on a card llike they do the food stamps?reply - Monty 2012/08/05 01:43:19+1they were using their welfare money in strip bars casinos and liquor stores??? wait,and this suprises me?reply
- Monty 2012/08/05 01:41:43+1YESSS!!!!reply
- Rebel Uke 2012/07/19 16:46:53+1"tattoos and strippers"....?!?reply
- Soup Man 2012/07/19 15:50:46+1And the problem with this is?reply
- Monty Soup Man 2012/08/05 01:44:51+2i don't think ppl on public assistance need to be spending their money on stuff like that,you know the money that is taken from our paychecks and given to themreply
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+1A roof over their head, food on the table and education for their kids... what more do they want?reply
