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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:27:43 AM EDT
This will get interesting.
 Gov. Paul LePage is reinstating a law that says any single, able bodied person, between 18 and 50 must either work, volunteer, or enroll in an employment training program for 20 hours per week in order to continue to receive benefits. "We must continue to do all that we can to eliminate generational poverty and get people back to work,” said the Republican governor. "We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.” The law had been suspended in 2008 due to Maine’s high unemployment rate and the poor job market due to the recession. (H/T madworld.com) The change isn’t sitting well with some recipients, who can’t understand why they have to do something to receive "free” government benefits. "I was just so upset after I got the phone call,” says Melania, a Maine resident. "It was a cushion especially for me because I have dietary restrictions; I have a lot of them, and the food is very expensive.” Melania had been sucking in $224 per month while doing nothing for it. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:28:11 AM EDT
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I approve.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:28:29 AM EDT
[#2]
FO time for the FSA. Better break out the race card. And gender card. And sex card....
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:29:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I approve. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:29:46 AM EDT
[#4]
In before governor is racist.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:30:19 AM EDT
[#5]
Well, people who give you free money get to put conditions on it.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:31:12 AM EDT
[#6]
Good.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:31:12 AM EDT
[#7]
They will probably just move to Massachusetts.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:32:39 AM EDT
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I say lure them onto a leaky boat with a stack of EBT cards then set it adrift during a nor'easter, but this plan is good start
of course the justice department n shit will sue to stop it. And they'll win |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:33:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:33:10 AM EDT
[#10]
Grumpy cat good
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:33:12 AM EDT
[#11]
DAY 1
So it begins
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:33:31 AM EDT
[#12]
And unrelated, but what the fuck is it with conservative blogs being so God damn spammy? Jesus H Christ.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:33:31 AM EDT
[#13]
I'm okay with this.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:34:27 AM EDT
[#14]
Wow. 6,000. America is saved. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:34:34 AM EDT
[#15]
Is it time to put on the plate carrier?
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:34:56 AM EDT
[#16]
6000? Let's make it at least 60 million nationwide then see who was missed in the first round. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:35:02 AM EDT
[#17]
This needs to be a nationwide movement...
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:35:54 AM EDT
[#18]
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Well, people who give you free money get to put conditions on it. Then it isn't free money, is it? 
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:36:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And unrelated, but what the fuck is it with conservative blogs being so God damn spammy? Jesus H Christ. Checking around to see who else has the story, I found it here. lol Maine Has Kicked 6,500 People Off Of Food Stamps So Far This WinterMore than 6,000 people in Maine have been kicked off the food stamp rolls since October, according to an investigation by local CBS affiliate WGME. Maine is one of a handful of states to make food assistance harder to get, and the cut-offs offer a preview of how safety net opponents around the country are planning to knock about a million Americans off of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) next year. Gov. Paul LePage (R) decided last year to prematurely reinstate tougher eligibility rules requiring food stamps recipients to work. The state agency that maintains SNAP in Maine launched the change in October, and reports that 6,500 of the state’s roughly 215,000 SNAP beneficiaries had been booted from the program as of the end of 2014, WGME’s investigation found. A Maine official portrayed the decision as "complying with federal requirements” in an interview with the station, but the federal government offered to waive those requirements for Maine and 36 other states back in May. In those 37 states, economic conditions are so bad that the federal government invited state officials to suspend the work requirement that usually applies to able-bodied adults without dependents who want SNAP benefits. When the economy is healthy and jobs are plentiful, a person with no disability and no one to look after must demonstrate that they are working or in job training at least 20 hours a week in order to get food stamps for more than 90 days in any three-year period. If economic conditions are dire, though, federal officials allow state administrators to waive the work rules for SNAP. Three of Maine’s 16 counties, home to about 100,000 of its 1.3 million residents, are designated "labor surplus areas” by federal labor market monitors. That means there is a serious imbalance between the number of people willing to work and the number of jobs available — an imbalance that stripping away food assistance will do nothing to correct. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:37:05 AM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: FO time for the FSA. Better break out the race card. And gender card. And sex card.... |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:37:31 AM EDT
[#21]
All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:40:15 AM EDT
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All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:41:15 AM EDT
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I foresee 6000 newly minted New Yorkers.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:41:34 AM EDT
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If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. Good luck with that. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:42:08 AM EDT
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If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. social security and medicare should be optional. If I don't want to participate I shouldn't be forced to. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:42:27 AM EDT
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Good luck with that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. Good luck with that. Tell me about it. 
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:42:45 AM EDT
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social security and medicare should be optional. If I don't want to participate I shouldn't be forced to. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. social security and medicare should be optional. If I don't want to participate I shouldn't be forced to. I could stand behind this. 
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:43:48 AM EDT
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I could stand behind this. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. social security and medicare should be optional. If I don't want to participate I shouldn't be forced to. I could stand behind this. Might as well make taxes optional, because that's what you'd be "opting out" of. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:44:48 AM EDT
[#29]
I was all like
 ,then I saw this part..........As a result, adults 18 to 50 years old with no children and who are ableto work must do so or volunteer for 20 hours each week. Otherwise, their benefits will be limited to three months over a three-year period, according to The Boston Globe (H/T Mad World News). They will just reproduce faster now.  |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:45:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare.  But I earned that! |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:46:27 AM EDT
[#31]
The woman in the article...
"that's not a cushion, it's a HAMMOCK you have been lazing your life away on." |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:49:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: But I earned that! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD If we defined that word honestly, it would include Social Security and Medicare. But I earned that! And to be more honest, it was stolen from ALL of us who work and pay it. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:54:15 AM EDT
[#33]
POOR LIVES MATTER!!!!!
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:57:12 AM EDT
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I was all like ,then I saw this part..........As a result, adults 18 to 50 years old with no children and who are able to work must do so or volunteer for 20 hours each week. Otherwise, their benefits will be limited to three months over a three-year period, according to The Boston Globe (H/T Mad World News).
They will just reproduce faster now.
Yeah, there are loopholes all over the place. That's why it only snagged ~6,000 of them out of more than 200,000 beneficiaries. We're talking less than a 3% reduction in one little program (SNAP). And I'll bet you those 6,000 are going to wise up pretty quickly, to keep the gravy train going. "Disabled"? You still get your bennies. Got kids (or are just pregnant)? Keep that sweet cheese coming. "Volunteering" for a "community agency" (no potential for abuse there) 'cause you can't find a job? SNAP card is back in the mail, son! There are a million ways to scam this, if you're even a little resourceful. Don't cheer too hard. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:57:59 AM EDT
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Quoted: This will get interesting. Gov. Paul LePage is reinstating a law that says any single, able bodied person, between 18 and 50 must either work, volunteer, or enroll in an employment training program for 20 hours per week in order to continue to receive benefits. "We must continue to do all that we can to eliminate generational poverty and get people back to work,” said the Republican governor. "We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.” The law had been suspended in 2008 due to Maine’s high unemployment rate and the poor job market due to the recession. (H/T madworld.com) The change isn’t sitting well with some recipients, who can’t understand why they have to do something to receive "free” government benefits. "I was just so upset after I got the phone call,” says Melania, a Maine resident. "It was a cushion especially for me because I have dietary restrictions; I have a lot of them, and the food is very expensive.” Melania had been sucking in $224 per month while doing nothing for it. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:58:27 AM EDT
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we need that shit in CA so bad
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:59:02 AM EDT
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Wow. 6,000. America is saved. For a State that size, it is a start. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:00:34 AM EDT
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we need that shit in CA so bad California has 1/9 of the American people. And we have 1/3 of the welfare parasites. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:01:39 AM EDT
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"Labor Surplus Areas"
Newspeak if I ever saw it. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:04:00 AM EDT
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It's a good start, now if clean urinalysis, checked each month was mandated for receiving public assistance then I'd be impressed.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:05:35 AM EDT
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It's a good start, now if clean urinalysis, checked each month was mandated for receiving public assistance then I'd be impressed. Would probably cost more to implement and administer, than it would actually save. Probably make people feel good though. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:06:18 AM EDT
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I foresee 6000 newly minted New Yorkers. They will go somewhere. Ours bailed out in droves for Illinois for a while. Most came here from Missouri and Arkansas in the late 70's when the welfare pot was sweetened by the Dems at the time. Like goddamned Locusts. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:08:10 AM EDT
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We have awful welfare benefits here. Keeps much of the rif raf out. Just ask hold-em-up. He thinks we are racist because of it.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:11:22 AM EDT
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Yeah, there are loopholes all over the place. That's why it only snagged ~6,000 of them out of more than 200,000 beneficiaries. We're talking less than a 3% reduction in one little program (SNAP). And I'll bet you those 6,000 are going to wise up pretty quickly, to keep the gravy train going. "Disabled"? You still get your bennies. Got kids (or are just pregnant)? Keep that sweet cheese coming. "Volunteering" for a "community agency" (no potential for abuse there) 'cause you can't find a job? SNAP card is back in the mail, son! There are a million ways to scam this, if you're even a little resourceful. Don't cheer too hard. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I was all like ,then I saw this part..........As a result, adults 18 to 50 years old with no children and who are able to work must do so or volunteer for 20 hours each week. Otherwise, their benefits will be limited to three months over a three-year period, according to The Boston Globe (H/T Mad World News).
They will just reproduce faster now.
Yeah, there are loopholes all over the place. That's why it only snagged ~6,000 of them out of more than 200,000 beneficiaries. We're talking less than a 3% reduction in one little program (SNAP). And I'll bet you those 6,000 are going to wise up pretty quickly, to keep the gravy train going. "Disabled"? You still get your bennies. Got kids (or are just pregnant)? Keep that sweet cheese coming. "Volunteering" for a "community agency" (no potential for abuse there) 'cause you can't find a job? SNAP card is back in the mail, son! There are a million ways to scam this, if you're even a little resourceful. Don't cheer too hard. Exactly this. Actually, I'll add that the Governor will back peddle on this soon enough. Really just political grandstanding and it won't do a damn thing (good anyway). |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:12:51 AM EDT
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I approve. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:13:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All forms of welfare should have a 2 year limit. PERIOD |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:15:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I was all like ,then I saw this part..........As a result, adults 18 to 50 years old with no children and who are able to work must do so or volunteer for 20 hours each week. Otherwise, their benefits will be limited to three months over a three-year period, according to The Boston Globe (H/T Mad World News).
They will just reproduce faster now.
damn I like that avatar, and I am NOT an animefag 
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:15:16 AM EDT
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They will probably just move to Massachusetts. That sounds like an even bigger win for Maine. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:16:17 AM EDT
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I am sure ACORN will be along directly to vouch for those 6k people as having put in 20hrs of time.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:17:11 AM EDT
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i feel a large number of fiber-my-al-jas gon start flaring up
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