Thread: USA becomes Food Stamp Nation but is it sustainable?

Food stamps are meant to SUPPLEMENT a budget and provide TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE.... NOT PROVIDE A PERMANENT LIFESTYLE.

Maine Just Put Welfare Leeches In Their Place,
Every American Needs To See What Happened Next

By Jason DeWitt on April 9, 2015

Governor Paul LePage of Maine isn’t running for president in 2016. But perhaps he should be.




Because he is doing in Maine exactly what Americans want to see — but what other candidates are not even talking about.

Last November, just one week after his re-election, LePage did something unusual — he made good on a major campaign promise, by slashing funds for cities who give welfare to illegal aliens. The policy has already had a huge impact, with illegals fleeing in droves, and Democrat mayors having to defend giving handouts to illegal invaders before angry voters.

Now, just 6 months later, LePage is making good on another promise: to put an end to welfare leeches in his state once and for all.

The results are something every American should see — an EPIC victory. and Democrats are FURIOUS.

Governor LePage passed a measure last year that requires recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program to complete a certain number of work, job-training, or volunteer hours in order to be eligible for assistance. The new requirement has resulted in a dramatic decline in food stamp enrollment, resulting in a logical win-win for all of Maine.

At the end of 2014 the enrollment count for SNAP was approximately 12,000 individuals. Now that individuals have to complete either 20 hours of part-time work a week, volunteer for at least 24 hours per month, or get involved in a vocational program, the amount of SNAP recipients has dramatically dropped from 12,000 to approximately 2,500 by the end of March — a nearly 80% reduction in welfare.

The drop in numbers exceeded Republicans’ expectations by leaps and bounds.

Instead of just giving welfare applicants an easy way out, Maine is forcing people to explore every opportunity for employment before allowing capable adults to take advantage of the system and the people of Maine.

Of course Democrats are insisting that the program targets those in poverty or rural areas but their argument is invalid. The individuals benefiting from the new food-stamp law are the ones who really need the assistance and aren’t just lazy parasites to society who suck the vitality out of American taxes.



This is a huge victory for the Republicans of Maine and of course the sore loser Democrats are trying to tarnish the reformation’s success. Democrats are urging for special measures to ease back on some of the new requirements because they are too strict. However, their response is ill-fated because even if the requirements loosen up, once someone is removed from Maine’s food stamp program, it will be another three years before they can receive benefits again from the program.

Maine was one of eight other states that took similar measures and declined a federal waiver for the new rule that requires welfare recipients to get off their behinds and contribute to society like everyone else.

This huge drop in the number of able-bodied welfare leeches after forcing them to work for their needs proves everything we’ve ever reported about welfare abusers. They’re only looking for the next handout.

Now if only we could get every American governor to do what Paul LePage is doing — against both illegal aliens, and welfare leeches — we might well save our nation.

http://toprightnews.com/maine-just-p...happened-next/

Governor Requires Food Stamp Recipients to Work 6 Hours a Week, This Happens Immediately After
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eeeek! My Representative hires former Pizza Delivery Boys as his interns. I totally agree with that Governor of Maine, and you boopster.

I know some one who has a son and recently started receiving $2,300 from SSD, and $800 a month for SNAP, yet he's 22, and a heavy drug user, spends a lot of time in hospitals from overdoses, or in the slammer for 'barrowing things with no intend to give back - while the home owner isn't home.

Recently received an email from the Rep, to take a survey, because our Governor wants to test any one on, or requesting Welfare to take a Drug test.

YET the questions didn't indicate if IF they are users, will they be kicked out, or not allowed?

AND yet telling the recipient what they can not buy! I can't live without a cookie now and then... Where are my Chips Ahoy!

And you can treat your SNAP like a bank and withdraw from it? Who's moronic idea was to allow that?

Did this happened when the current thing and his family moved into the White House?

Well, you never had to deal with Pizza Boy Delivery 1, or 2, or 3. We needed our Congressperson a few years back, and they stated they read every email, etc..

Most of that stuff they buy with SNAP stays at the store, but my cookies! Health reasons, no processed foods. Those people are very lucky.

You offering home baked cookies!

It will be abused, they just haven't figured out how to do that yet, so people will vote for them, who legally cant.

Read that link, and as soon as I saw which President was responsible, I understood a lot more. He was NOT a nice President if you learn how he did things, twisted things. He stated the Progressive Party back then too. He was also responsible for Mt Rushmore, only when the original images were going to be replaced by passed Presidents, then the Federal government paid to have Mt Rushmore done - said no more money since they had all the busts done, not doing head to toe of them - need money to go else where to make me look good.

Then the trail of other Presidents...

Thanks!

AND surplus foods from the commodities were the chosen foods to be 'given' - now how do Commodities tie in with the Stock Market? Inside info trading? gov't in control of that too? hmmm...

May be we all should register at the time of the election, instead of being pre-registered. I'm not registered until I get my butt down to the voting place, and prove who I am - IF they don't already know me, every itsy bitsy election.

Takes no time to do that, you enter, you sign in, show identification, drivers license, if moved bring new utility bill, or purchase of residence - since address does not match drivers license.

ya know, you can check how many times you voted, and for what/who, just by going to http://www.STATE YOU LIVE IN.com and look up elections.

I got po'd when it told who I voted for when it came to something higher then a Mayor, or dog catcher.

so sorry, it would be example: Tennessee.gov, Florida.gov, or Illinois.gov (good luck if Illinois - they keep everything under lock and key, and you pay for the info), just snoop around, you never know what you can discover, my mistake for using .com instead of .gov Only know about IL and FL, I have an uncle in Illinois who wanted to know the status on his daughters home, since she was getting a divorce. I used to be in Real Estate so I know how look for that stuff. Amazing what comes up.

AND probably for your friends, if you know their full name - or what name they vote under. Look for elections. From there, there may be other links you are looking for, discovered maybe my accident.

I discovered that a couple years ago when I couldn't wait for a final tally for the election, I went to the state's site to see who won, and discovered that.