What happened when Maine required adult food stamp recipients to work

[MorningGlory]

Actually, Maine requires ABLE BODIED and childless food stamp recipients to work for them.  When this went into effect, the number of recipients in this group dropped 80%!  Time for our individual state governments to do the same.  I will be contacting my governor and state legislators. 

http://cnsnews.com/commentary/robert-rector/when-maine-required-childless-adults-work-get-food-stamps-guess-what

[ayin jade]

Bet the aclu or someone comes after them. 

[Vendtre]

why is ever state not doing this??

[Qnts2]

10 hours ago, MorningGlory said:

Actually, Maine requires ABLE BODIED and childless food stamp recipients to work for them.  When this went into effect, the number of recipients in this group dropped 80%!  Time for our individual state governments to do the same.  I will be contacting my governor and state legislators. 

http://cnsnews.com/commentary/robert-rector/when-maine-required-childless-adults-work-get-food-stamps-guess-what

I would add couples with children. One parent should be required to work unless one of the parents is disabled and unable to help care for the children. Once the children are school age, at least one parent should have to work part time.    

[MorningGlory]

10 hours ago, ayin jade said:

Bet the aclu or someone comes after them. 

They probably can't because it doesn't discriminate against anyone; it applies to all races, genders and sexual orientations.  It would be hard to say 'you're being mean to me because I'm too lazy to work'.

[MorningGlory]

3 hours ago, Vendtre said:

why is ever state not doing this??

They should be, IMO. 

[MorningGlory]

5 minutes ago, Qnts2 said:

I would add couples with children. One parent should be required to work unless one of the parents is disabled and unable to help care for the children. Once the children are school age, at least one parent should have to work part time.    

I agree.  And it's Biblical.  The Bible say that he who will not work shall not eat.  We've got a LOT of obese people living on food stamps.  It would be degrading to me, I just couldn't do it.

[Zemke]

2 hours ago, MorningGlory said:

I agree.  And it's Biblical.  The Bible say that he who will not work shall not eat.  We've got a LOT of obese people living on food stamps.  It would be degrading to me, I just couldn't do it.

Food stamps and welfare are additions for the 80 %. I'm not sure anyone can live very well off of these programs. The programs themselves are meant to not be able to live very well so an able bodied person would do better working. It just doesn't work as planned just like the laws we already have for gun control. Finding the will to enforce programs and law already in place would be grand.  This law seems to help enforce the intent of welfare so ya people that can do without the stamps will just not get them anymore. That's a good law.

[missmuffet]

What about those who are too sick to work? Drag them to the work site on a stretcher?

[missmuffet]

3 hours ago, MorningGlory said:

I agree.  And it's Biblical.  The Bible say that he who will not work shall not eat.  We've got a LOT of obese people living on food stamps.  It would be degrading to me, I just couldn't do it.

This is also what the Bible says

Matthew 7:3-5  ³ And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? ⁴ Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?⁵ Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.