A Republican congressman renewed his call Sunday for Congress to require able-bodied adults on food stamps to work or volunteer in order to keep receiving the benefits, as the rolls of the welfare program have grown to a record 47 million people.
"I think it makes sense," Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., said on "Fox News Sunday," after a week during which the Obama administration proposed new initiatives to target poverty. Both parties are floating ideas to address poverty and "income inequality," 50 years after the "War on Poverty" was first waged, to limited success.
Southerland's proposal was included in a House-passed version of a food stamp bill approved this past fall, but the House and Senate still have not agreed on final legislation addressing both food stamps and farm subsidies.Read the rest of the story HERE and view a related video below:
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3 comments:
Should able bodied Food Stamp recipients be required to Work?
This is probably one of the easiest and second shortest answers I've ever given on a question:
YES!
I know...I should elaborate:
HELL YES!
Yes, they should at least deliver the wine to the homeless.
One word: yes. the only way out of this cycle is to get a job. BUT I think FS should not be stopped cold turkey. Let those who have been on it because of unemployment, stay for a very short period, taking the amount down each month, while they recover from unemployment.
Ellie.
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