1. The plan of the Liberal-socialist administration is to make certain that 'poor' families have incomes and standards of living equal to those who work and produce. This can only be done by confiscatory taxation and socialism at a level unheard of in America.
Below, from the report "The American Welfare State
How We Spend Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Povertyand Fail"
by Michael Tanner
Scribd
The data is indisputable.
2. "During the 199092 recession and jobless recovery,
enrollment increased by 5.2 million, and
spending rose by $9.1 billion. During the
current recession (over a comparable three year period), enrollment increased by 12
million people, while spending increased by $30 billion.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and
Nutrition Services, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Costs, SNAP Annual Summary.
a .the dramatically larger increase also suggests that part
of the programs growth is due to conscious
policy choices by this administration to ease
eligibility rules and expand caseloads .income limits for eligibility have
risen twice as fast as inflation since 2007
and are now roughly 10 percent higher than
they were when Obama took office. Casey Mulligan, The Sharp Increase in
the Food Stamps Program, Economix, http://
economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/thesharp-increase-in-the-food-stamps-program/.
b. the stimulus bill included a provision that created a new emergency fund to help states pay for added welfare recipients, with the federal government
footing 80 percent of the cost for the new clients.
Robert Rector and Katherine Bradley, Stimulus Bill Abolishes Welfare Reform and Adds New Welfare Spending, Heritage Foundation, http://
www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/02/
s t imulus -bi l l - abol i she s -we l f a r e - r e form- andadds-new-welfare-spending.
3. This was an important change
because it undid many of the incentives contained in the 1996 Clinton welfare reform, which helped states to reduce welfare rolls.
Under the new rules, states that succeed in
getting people off welfare lose the opportunity for increased federal funding.
And states that make it easier to stay on welfare
(by, say, raising the time limit from two years
to five) are rewarded with more taxpayer
cash. The bill even let states with rising welfare rolls continue to collect their case-load reduction bonuses.
Mickey Kaus, The Money Liberal Conspiracy at Work, Slate, http://www.slate.com/blogs/ kausfiles/2009/02/10/the_money_liberal_con
spiracy_at_work.html.
a. According to Obama administration projections, combined federal and state welfare spending will not drop significantly once the
economy fully recovers. As we have seen, welfare spending has continued to increase. Office of Management and Budget, Analytical Perspectives: Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal
Year 2010 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), CD-ROM, Table 24-14, http:/ www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Analytical Perspectives.
b. According to these
projections, over the next 10 years, federal
and state governments will spend $250,000
for every American currently living in poverty, or $1 million for every poor family of
four. Ibid.
The choice in November is clear.
Below, from the report "The American Welfare State
How We Spend Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Povertyand Fail"
by Michael Tanner
Scribd
The data is indisputable.
2. "During the 199092 recession and jobless recovery,
enrollment increased by 5.2 million, and
spending rose by $9.1 billion. During the
current recession (over a comparable three year period), enrollment increased by 12
million people, while spending increased by $30 billion.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and
Nutrition Services, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Costs, SNAP Annual Summary.
a .the dramatically larger increase also suggests that part
of the programs growth is due to conscious
policy choices by this administration to ease
eligibility rules and expand caseloads .income limits for eligibility have
risen twice as fast as inflation since 2007
and are now roughly 10 percent higher than
they were when Obama took office. Casey Mulligan, The Sharp Increase in
the Food Stamps Program, Economix, http://
economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/thesharp-increase-in-the-food-stamps-program/.
b. the stimulus bill included a provision that created a new emergency fund to help states pay for added welfare recipients, with the federal government
footing 80 percent of the cost for the new clients.
Robert Rector and Katherine Bradley, Stimulus Bill Abolishes Welfare Reform and Adds New Welfare Spending, Heritage Foundation, http://
www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/02/
s t imulus -bi l l - abol i she s -we l f a r e - r e form- andadds-new-welfare-spending.
3. This was an important change
because it undid many of the incentives contained in the 1996 Clinton welfare reform, which helped states to reduce welfare rolls.
Under the new rules, states that succeed in
getting people off welfare lose the opportunity for increased federal funding.
And states that make it easier to stay on welfare
(by, say, raising the time limit from two years
to five) are rewarded with more taxpayer
cash. The bill even let states with rising welfare rolls continue to collect their case-load reduction bonuses.
Mickey Kaus, The Money Liberal Conspiracy at Work, Slate, http://www.slate.com/blogs/ kausfiles/2009/02/10/the_money_liberal_con
spiracy_at_work.html.
a. According to Obama administration projections, combined federal and state welfare spending will not drop significantly once the
economy fully recovers. As we have seen, welfare spending has continued to increase. Office of Management and Budget, Analytical Perspectives: Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal
Year 2010 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), CD-ROM, Table 24-14, http:/ www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Analytical Perspectives.
b. According to these
projections, over the next 10 years, federal
and state governments will spend $250,000
for every American currently living in poverty, or $1 million for every poor family of
four. Ibid.
The choice in November is clear.