posted August 05, 2017 03:12 PM            

The operative word there is when.

As to when, there's generations of Americans who have never worked. Of course, some of those non-working Americans think marching in the streets and protesting America is a real job.

posted August 05, 2017 07:23 PM            

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Originally posted by Catalina:
Oh puhleez. Do you know how long max cash benefits last? We already have "workfare"

There is no system that can't be gamed.. but even prisoners work for their keep

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As usual, you don't know what you're talking about. You don't even know the right questions to ask, let alone the answers.

posted August 06, 2017 03:56 PM            

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Originally posted by Catalina:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Responsibility_and_Work_Opportunity_Act

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The Marxist Messiah, Obama gutted Workfare rules.

The harder you dig, the deeper the pit you dig for yourself. Do you ever manage to get anything right?

Obama kills welfare reform
Dick Morris
07/17/12

Determined to destroy Bill Clinton’s signature achievement, President Obama’s administration has opened a loophole in the 1996 welfare reform legislation big enough to make the law ineffective. Its work requirement — the central feature of the legislation — has been diluted beyond recognition by the bureaucrats at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

posted August 06, 2017 04:36 PM            

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Its new regulations allow the states to substitute education programs for work to get welfare benefits. The regs say that “vocational educational training or job search/readiness programs” “count as well” in meeting the basic condition that recipients work in order to receive welfare benefits..........No job required.

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That`s how it works in Michigan. Keep signing on these programs and keep getting benefits.

posted August 08, 2017 02:46 AM            

Sorry but training IS work. Many jobs train employees and demand regular training upgrades to continue working for them. Many people need new skills to get back in the workplace. And in case you hadn't noticed the unemployment rate has been going down for years. Its still nudging down but not because of any of the programs DT hasn't been able to implement.

posted August 08, 2017 10:30 AM            

"And I'll repeat for those who pretend they cant hear.. the vast majority off people on benefits are already working

Latest statistic from the Bureau of Labor is that 153,000,000 Americans are working, a record high number. 153,000,000 out of 320,000,000 Americans, less than half.

Obviously, the vast majority off people on benefits are already working nonsense is NOT TRUE.

posted August 08, 2017 12:27 PM            

The 94,213,000 million people counted as not participating in the labor force last month includes millions of baby boomer retirees, students, the disabled, homemakers and others who do not work for various reasons.... and that's omitting children too... who constitute about 15% of the population.

posted August 08, 2017 05:06 PM            

Cheer up Grinch

Youre not paying for homemakers, students or retirees. Disability is calculated from SS contributions. SS is not on your back.

posted September 18, 2017 07:09 PM            

The deadline? Sept. 30

The legislative vehicle that Republicans were trying to use for TrumpCare will expire on that date.

What do you need to do?

One of them is-
http://www.trumpcareten.org/

Once again, it’s up to you to kill TrumpCare. Light up the phone lines, schedule in-district office events, find your Senators and tell them you want them to oppose TrumpCare. This is all hands on deck. Don't see your state? No problem.
http://www.trumpcareten.org/other

posted September 22, 2017 06:30 PM            

The AHCA would allow states to "opt out" of the pre-existing condition protections in Obamacare and create high-risk pools instead. High-risk pools are nothing new: Prior to Obamacare, 35 states and the federal government had high-risk pools, which grouped "uninsurable" people with pre-existing conditions together and allowed them to purchase insurance from a separate market, according to Kaiser Health News.

In theory, these plans were subsidized by fees to insurance companies and taxes to keep premiums low and support the sickest Americans. In reality, however, insurers were still allowed to raise prices, which made premiums significantly higher for those in high-risk pools than for those not in high-risk pools. The pools were also notoriously expensive and underfunded: In 2010 alone, the 35 state pools incurred about $2.4 billion in total costs to cover just 221,879 people — less 1 percent of the uninsured people in those states, according to The Commonwealth Fund.

These issues are likely to rear their ugly heads again if the AHCA is passed in its current form. In fact, premiums could cost as much as $25,700 per year for people in high-risk pools, according to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).

Get a clue