Food Stamps and other assistance

[Jkloc420]

Good for Clinton, loosely enforced, I'm sure.

obama waived it in 2008

 

[Jkloc420]

Should be work requirements for farmers also. Why should we pay them not to plant?
Hell, there should also be work requirements for our elected government employees. They don't appear to be doing a damn thing.

we give farmers subsidies

 

[MAKAVELI]

we give farmers subsidies

That's welfare.

 

[Catatonic]

That's welfare.

Not really.
The program was started to ensure capacity.

 

[Turdferguson]

obama waived it in 2008

No he didnt.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blog...t-barack-obama-mitt-romney-and-welfare-reform.
He proposed waiving the federal requirements in 2012, and make so states would have more control over it.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/288003-house-votes-to-block-obamas-welfare-work-waiver

 

[upschuck]

obama waived it in 2008

He wasn't President in 08.

 

[Jkloc420]

He wasn't President in 08.

That's welfare.

yes it is and should be gone to. I think fdr started that

 

[Jkloc420]

He wasn't President in 08.

when i say 2008 i mean is first 4 years in that window

 

[upschuck]

yes it is and should be gone to. I think fdr started that

Huh?

 

[Jkloc420]

No he didnt.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blog...t-barack-obama-mitt-romney-and-welfare-reform.
He proposed waiving the federal requirements in 2012, and make so states would have more control over it.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/288003-house-votes-to-block-obamas-welfare-work-waiver

ok were say he ignored the requirements for it

 

[Jkloc420]

Huh?

paying farmers to destroy their excess crops

 

[Jkloc420]

Waiving Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients: One Year Later, Just another Law Ignored by the Obama Administration - Ways and Means

 

[upschuck]

paying farmers to destroy their excess crops

Yeah, don't agree with those subsidies either. Someone must be getting a kickback to keep that going.

 

[Jkloc420]

Huh?

it is under tge agricultural adjusment act from 1933

 

[MAKAVELI]

Not really.
The program was started to ensure capacity.

Call it whatever you want. It's still a form of welfare.
How Farm Subsidies Have Become “Welfare for the Rich” | The National Pulse

 

[Jkloc420]

Call it whatever you want. It's still a form of welfare.
How Farm Subsidies Have Become “Welfare for the Rich” | The National Pulse

i agree with you on this

 

[olroadbeech]

I heard this morning that since one of the "A" southern states (Arkansas or Alabama) has added a work requirement to their food stamp program, there has been an 80% drop in food stamps given out.

Too many people out there want 'freebies'.

They found this out years and years ago in New Hampshire. It wasn't implemented anywhere else because the democrats knew they wouldn't get reelected.

so much what is best for the country.

 

[Babagounj]

Maine Drops 9,000 From Food Stamps After Refusal To Comply With Work Requirements | Zero Hedge

 

[upschuck]

So, what are the work requirements?

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

obama waived it in 2008

2009. There was a little thingy called a recession going on.