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They are poor so they will get government disability, food stamps, Medicaid. Much more expensive then just food assistance. Food stamps is the only benefit most poor single can people get and it is a very small amount, compared to the large welfare benefits families with children can get. It is dumb to pick on these people who only qualify for minimal assistance anyway.
The average monthly SNAP benefit is $125.49 p/p.
Why would an able- bodied, aged 10-49, without dependent chikdren not be able to work, train or attend school at least 80 hrs a month to qualify?
Why would an able- bodied, aged 10-49, without dependent chikdren not be able to work, train or attend school at least 80 hrs a month to qualify?
Medical problems. Many people have medical problems who are not on disability. If you want them all on permanent disability that is defeating the purpose of saving taxpayer money.
These laws have existed in Florida for quite a while but there is something interesting about how their applied and who the new rule will affect. In the large cities, work requirements go by the book here, you have X amount of time to find work, prove your looking, or get the boot.
But in the rural areas of the state there is no action taken if someone does not find a job or doesn't prove they are looking. Its based on the idea that if a job does not exist near where the person resides then they get a pass and stay on. So we have huge areas of rural people who have entire generations on welfare and to be fair no chance of finding a job within 50 miles of their home and wouldn't have the transportation to get there. Americans forget just how quickly you go from city to huge rural areas in America. Sure they could move but it seems they don't.
So do they now get the boot? And if so would this be the same in the Dakotas, Wyoming, Georgia, Alabama, West Virginia, Mississippi ect. because I could see it really affecting rural populations.
Yep, I am far from a Trump supporter but something needs to be done to get people off their butts and back to work, even if they aren't happy about the wages or the job duties.
The people in these stories could work but choose not to.
The story of Spencer is a common one, especially in rural America.
The population in his town is 201. Even under the best of circumstances, there’s not much opportunity, yet he remains.
Reading between the lines it sounds like he worked for cash as an independent contractor, likely ineligible for Worker’s Comp, despite in on the job injury. His body is worn out. His car is busted. He does not have skills to transfer to a desk job, somewhere.
Thinking there are probably few opportunities for training for someone like Spencer in his local area, even if he had transportation. His criminal history continues to haunt him
I am hard- pressed to think of reasonable way out of desperate poverty for someone like spencer and his aging parents. Quitting smoking would be a start- easily said than done for lifetime smokers.
Maybe instead we can also change the laws so that "Supposed" Billionaires who avoid taxes and cheat other Americans out of payment and services they owe them - or contributions promised to charities but not delivered cannot use to bankruptcy courts to skirt their obligations.
Even the fast food places in my area are NOT hiring. I know a young man, with a high school diploma, who has been job hunting for 2 months. He will take anything. He even tried to enlist and was told they already had more volunteers than they needed. And no, he is not eligible for food stamps. It is already almost impossible for a single person to get food stamps in Missouri.
According to this undated link , 80% of those desiring to enlist are being declined. It’s a competitive situation.
Every time food stamps are cut, even under Clinton, the subsidies going to corporate farms is always increased to make for the loss they may experience.
Food Stamps were actually created by lobbyists for corporations when they saw that they could get in on the action with USDA food being handed out.
Now the same corporations are fine with ending food stamps, just keep the money coming.
“ Food Stamps” served many purposes, including propping up the price of surplus food.
There’s a reason why Doritos and Dew can be purchased with SNAP benefits while paper productucts cannot.
This is another one that makes no sense. Welfare and social leg up programs are a teeny part of the budget. Fraud and abuse has been shown to be a tiny problem over and over and over. Why do people get the panties in a bunch over these things when there are things WORTH getting excited over?
The number of people and the $ value of benefits impacted by this proposed rule change is statistically insignificant.
It’s more of a political strategy to create a perception of a “get tough” on welfare to those inclined to read a headline or hear a sound bite.
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