As of 1 February, 2018, all able-bodied adults who do not have children or any other dependents will now be kicked off of SNAP unless they spend at least 20 hours every week being a productive member of society.
Just announced this week by Gov. Bill Haslam in Tennessee, these able-bodied adults must either work, volunteer in an approved program or take an approved training course in order to receive the benefits that are currently freely available to them. Back in 2008, getting rid of the work requirement was considered necessary by Gov. Haslam, who said that because of the recession, even people who were struggling to find work were unable to do so, but now that the economy is growing again, it is harder and harder to justify not reinstating that work requirement.
Now, almost ten years ago, “Tennessee is one of the top locations in the Southeast for high-quality jobs, and it’s now difficult to justify waiving the work requirement for adults without dependents who are able to work.”
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I'm against food stamps as much as anyone. know a few people i'd like to turn in myself who i know are abusing the system.
ReplyDeletewith that said. this work for food stamps is a good thing. but it is being handled terribly. people who really do need food stamps and help are getting left out in the cold, because the vetting process is being done horribly. Friend of mine lives in one of the southern states doing this, and alot of really disabled people are hurting really badly because they had no interview or visit. it was just cut off.
I was looking at being hungry, so I worked. As I looked at the opportunities to get better work, I saw education and training as the path, as well as leaving a forever economically depressed area. Following the path, my income increased. It was not easy, it was not convenient. It was hard. But in the end it was worth every day of sacrifice.
ReplyDeleteLets put that in effect in Appalachia.
ReplyDeleteExpect riots in Baltimooooe
ReplyDeleteabout time
ReplyDelete10:38 now, now. They are not "riots". They are just people "letting off steam".
ReplyDeleteThats the problem. Its not the real working families thats the problem. If u earn more then what they deem os enough they deny you or give u 20. Its the ones who work minimally, wont work or got a gang of kids. So this here is bs. Its backward s working families who are paying their bills are the ones who need the extra help. If you force the majority group I named above to work 40hrs or cut em off, they wouldnt need the assistance or would need less. The most $$ is being put out is going to that group who takes advantage not your true working families.
ReplyDeleteFinally some common sense solutions. And to you nea-sayers, if you can think of a better solution, we'd love to hear it.
ReplyDeleteHogan ????????
ReplyDeleteI don't see Governor Hogan, Maryland's RINO-in-Chief, doing that for Maryland. Why not? It's one of the reasons why he won't get my vote in the next Maryland primary election, and if Hogan gets through that, he won't get my vote in the next general election.
ReplyDeleteShould be a US mandate, but we haven't been a United States in a while on much!
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