Move to cut jobless benefits in FL

:grr:

At least when Gov. Crist was in office he would veto their crap bills. Now that he's gone there is absolutely no check-and-balances in place. :(

Have every person in government lost their rabbit-assed minds? Do they expect those people they cut off to just disappear?

It's NOT going to cut costs. And it might cause them more trouble than they want, especially the next time they want to be voted back into office.

and deserve to live in the woods.

The democratic party down here is in shambles with no message.

They think the same way.

The purposes of the TANF program as described in section 601 of the Social Security Act are as follows:

1.provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives;
2.end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage;
3.prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidence of these pregnancies; and
4.encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.

TANF sets forward the following work requirements necessary for benefits:

1.Recipients (with few exceptions) must work as soon as they are job ready or no later than two years after coming on assistance.
2.Single parents are required to participate in work activities for at least 30 hours per week. Two-parent families must participate in work activities 35 or 55 hours a week, depending upon circumstances.
3.Failure to participate in work requirements can result in a reduction or termination of benefits to the family.
4.States, in FY 2004, have to ensure that 50 percent of all families and 90 percent of two-parent families are participating in work activities. If a state reduces its caseload, without restricting eligibility, it can receive a caseload reduction credit. This credit reduces the minimum participation rates the state must achieve.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TANF

"participate in work activities" = take their classes & do apps.

i briefly taught in a tanf program. some of the clients were driving 60 miles round-trip in their beater cars, over a mountain, icy in the winter. it was ridiculous.

when people complained about the onerous requirements, we were supposed to tell them "If you were employed, you'd have to find a way to get to work, & this is no different."

it's basically like having a near full-time job, but one in which you're treated like an ignorant shit drug user.

at least that was my brief experience.

Their prestige and image as a tourist friendly state will suffer due to greater numbers of poor on the streets .... More theft, more robbery, more crime ...

There is no free ride ....

People have had it so good for so long, they have forgotten what 'bad' is ..... Wont stop them from rediscovering it ...

We've been paying dearly for at least three years already.