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Thousands of Georgians dropped from food stamps
Thousands of Georgians are no longer collecting food stamps due to new work requirements, according to state figures released Tuesday.
The new work mandate applies to food stamp recipients in 21 counties - several in metro Atlanta - who are considered able-bodied and without children.
In January, the state informed 11,779 of these recipients that they had three months to find a job or lose their benefits. Come April 1, only 4,528 people in that category were still receiving benefits, according to figures from the state Division of Family and Children Services.
It's a jaw-dropping decrease of 62 percent, or 7,251 people. Many were simply dropped from the rolls, but others may have obtained jobs or been reclassified as having a handicap.
The implementation of a work mandate over food stamps is a politically divisive issue. Many conservatives say that able-bodied people with no kids should not just be receiving public assistance, that they need to work.
Some liberals say that many of these people are not truly able-bodied, that they have physical and emotional issues that prevent them from holding a job.
http://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-new...wspaper_email/
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...Some liberals say that many of these people are not truly able-bodied, that they have physical and emotional issues that prevent them from holding a job.
If that ^ can be verified, then by all means, give them some assistance - I don't mind my tax dollars going to support the truly needy, NOT the greedy.
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Originally Posted by
Romans828
If that ^ can be verified, then by all means, give them some assistance - I don't mind my tax dollars going to support the truly needy, NOT the greedy.
Exactly.
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Some liberals say that many of these people are not truly able-bodied, that they have physical and
emotional issues that prevent them from holding a job.
I understand psychiatric issues, but emotional issues? Well, talk to a therapist or your pastor and get a job for goodness sake. Since when did folks become unable to control their emotions to the point of not being able to hold a job?
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Valiant Woman
I understand psychiatric issues, but emotional issues? Well, talk to a therapist or your pastor and get a job for goodness sake. Since when did folks become unable to control their emotions to the point of not being able to hold a job?
Exactly my thought. I suppose someone is going to come up with "I feel like I don't want to work" as a new orientation and then demand that the government pays for the implementation of the corresponding lifestyle.
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Originally Posted by
Valiant Woman
I understand psychiatric issues, but emotional issues? Well, talk to a therapist or your pastor and get a job for goodness sake. Since when did folks become unable to control their emotions to the point of not being able to hold a job?
Originally Posted by
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Exactly my thought. I suppose someone is going to come up with "I feel like I don't want to work" as a new orientation and then demand that the government pays for the implementation of the corresponding lifestyle.
Yep. Emotional issues. They become emotional when they have to work.
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Valiant Woman
I understand psychiatric issues, but emotional issues?
I hear ya, Sis. - I guess I interpreted that as "mental" issues. - So, yep, I agree, if it's "emotional" go get some help and then go get a JOB!
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I start to get "emotional" when I find that my hard earned money is being given to people who sit around in their apartment smoking their [medical] marijuana and shooting their [medical] crack.
But that's just me
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Originally Posted by
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Medical crack ?
Tongue in cheek
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