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So I was reading through some Yahoo articles and came across this story in Maine. Apparently they passed a law that requires all able-bodied adults—without dependents—on food stamps to work. Meaning, they're now required to take a job, participate in training, or perform community service.
When Maine Required Childless Adults to Work to Get Food Stamps, Guess What Happened
Personally, regardless of Right and Left politics, I think this is a good move for everyone in general. If you can work, you don't have someone depending on you, why should you continue to bilk the system? All this does is foster dependence. Not only do those people who cheat the system steal from taxpayers, they also indirectly hurt those who actually DO need the support. As soon as this law was implemented, there was an 80% drop in able-bodied adults without dependents, falling from 13,332 recipients in Dec. 2014 to 2,678 in March 2015. On a side note, some people would also take these benefits yet work a job under the table.
I don't know much about Maine, but I do give them a thumbs-up for this step. If anyone reading this would like, I would ask you to give me some reasons, and argument, or any sort of opposing view on why this step was wrong, including the philosophy behind the law. Should we pass laws like these nation-wide? Yes or no? Why?
Thanks for reading guys.
When Maine Required Childless Adults to Work to Get Food Stamps, Guess What Happened
Personally, regardless of Right and Left politics, I think this is a good move for everyone in general. If you can work, you don't have someone depending on you, why should you continue to bilk the system? All this does is foster dependence. Not only do those people who cheat the system steal from taxpayers, they also indirectly hurt those who actually DO need the support. As soon as this law was implemented, there was an 80% drop in able-bodied adults without dependents, falling from 13,332 recipients in Dec. 2014 to 2,678 in March 2015. On a side note, some people would also take these benefits yet work a job under the table.
I don't know much about Maine, but I do give them a thumbs-up for this step. If anyone reading this would like, I would ask you to give me some reasons, and argument, or any sort of opposing view on why this step was wrong, including the philosophy behind the law. Should we pass laws like these nation-wide? Yes or no? Why?
Thanks for reading guys.