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发帖数: 6571 | 1 Welfare Is the New Work
Stephen Moore
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Posted: Aug 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Two recent news stories highlight how pernicious the welfare state has
become in America today.
The first was an announcement by the feds that food stamps can be used to
have groceries delivered right to a recipient's door. Service with a smile.
The Obama administration says it is too much of a hardship for those on
welfare to actually travel to the grocery. What's next, cooking the meal for
them? If only the DMV would do home deliveries for driver's licenses.
The second story was about the hullabaloo over a proposal by Maine Gov. Paul
LePage to prohibit food stamp recipients from using their food aid to
purchase junk foods, such as sugary soft drinks and candy bars. He says that
the state has an obesity problem and that he will "implement reform
unilaterally or cease Maine's administration of the food stamp program
altogether." The Obama administration rejected his request, and leftist
activists act as if saying that a welfare recipient can't buy a pint of Ben
& Jerry's ice cream at taxpayers' expense is a violation of civil liberties.
The welfare/entitlement state of mind has spiraled out of control in America
. No one is lifting a finger of opposition. The cost of welfare is now well
over $1 trillion a year. Food stamps are so ubiquitous that they have become
the new standard currency in many inner cities in America.
It was only a few years ago when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi opined
that putting more people on unemployment insurance is one of the "best ways
to grow the economy." Which is more astonishing, that she believes this
lunacy or that she would be dumb enough to say it out loud?
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We are in the seventh year of a so-called recovery, yet 45 million Americans
depend on taxpayers to put food on the table. This is roughly 5 million
more than when President Barack Obama took office. Medicaid rolls have
exploded by more than 10 million, and Obama openly boasts about how many
people he's moved into the program. The number of unemployment insurance
beneficiaries has fallen, thank goodness, but the number of Americans
collecting disability insurance has continued to climb. Wow, this is some
recovery.
Disability rolls are growing even as worker safety has hit an all-time high.
Shouldn't safety and automation mean fewer disabled workers? The reality,
as everyone in the welfare industry knows, is that food stamps and
disability are the new welfare. Neither of them requires work in exchange
for benefits.
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http://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2016/08/02/welfare-is-the-new-work-n2200768 | n****g
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: Welfare Is the New Work
: Stephen Moore
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: Posted: Aug 02, 2016 12:00 AM
: Two recent news stories highlight how pernicious the welfare state has
: become in America today.
: The first was an announcement by the feds that food stamps can be used to
: have groceries delivered right to a recipient's door. Service with a smile.
: The Obama administration says it is too much of a hardship for those on
: welfare to actually travel to the grocery. What's next, cooking the meal for
| g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 3 "it was only a few years ago when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi opined
that putting more people on unemployment insurance is one of the "best ways
to grow the economy."
——这就是民主党搞经济的方式？
Give me a break! |
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