welfare issues

Under Obama's administration illegal immigrants will receive the earned income tax credit. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/amnesty-bonuses-tax-code-illegal-immigrants-receive-earned-income-tax-credit_841496.html A mother making 15K a year with 2 kids gets about 5K from the government. I...

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/house-gop-bill-end-welfare-reform-work-requirent.php GOP passed a bill that ends welfare work requirement. It takes a lot of brass to do that and then turn around and accuse the president of gutting welfare reform.

I'm curious as to what contributors to this forum feel about Social Security. Do any posters feel that it's a dangerously socialist program? A Ponzi scheme? Running out of money? Intergenerational welfare? In order to be completely transparent, I should note that both my wife and I collect...

"People will always be better off in work than on benefits" This seems to have become a mantra for the coalition politicians - but none of them ever explain why this is the case or are asked why in interviews. I find this seemingly complete acceptance that this is a fact very strange. Surely...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11704765 Yep - lets get all these hundreds of thousands of lazy good for nothing scroungers (currently JSA claimants around 1.5 million, current official job vacancies about half a million - you do the maths) into forced labour. They can do all the jobs...

From ABC News: Full: ABC News/Associated Press

Welfare recipients are no longer going to be able to use their welfare money on medical marijuana, strip clubs, tattoos, psychics, gun shops, cruises, and casinos. CalWORKS cards were being used to withdraw cash in more than half the casinos in the state.

America did welfare reform in 1996. In 2010, Israel is doing it. Although it is the courts, not the political branches making this policy change.

Over in this thread about an allegeldy unauthorized sterilization of a woman on welfare the issue of reproductive rights has come up. I'll copy those posts that I saw on the issue after a quick scan; if I left anything out it was an oversight rather than intend. So, hopfeully we can discuss...

Careful what you wish for, I guess. 'If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits' Nice work if you can get it... :p