Trump administration weighing executive order on welfare: report

[octoberlib]

President Trump and his team are weighing whether to issue an executive order that would require federal agencies to review welfare programs that assist low-income earners, Politico reported Monday.

The decision is part of wave of changes the White House is considering making to the nation's welfare system, according to the report.

Two administration officials told the newspaper that the administration sent around a draft of the order last week to agencies seeking comments about the proposed draft plan.


The draft instructs the federal agencies to look at their current programs and regulations in place, and then propose ways to update and reform the welfare system.

Such changes would reportedly aim to implement stricter work requirements in an effort to pressure recipients to rejoin the labor force, slash or streamline repetitive services, and create a metric system to judge a program's performance.


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353516-trump-administration-weighing-executive-order-on-welfare-report

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Jesus Christ.

[octoberlib]

2. They just won't quit. Inequality is already bad here. It's going to skyrocket .

[spanone]

3. heartless fucks.

[msongs]

4. of course the military and police state agencies are included in welfare reform nt

[Chasstev365]

5. Are there no workhouse?

This mentally, as they cut more taxes on the uber rich and profess their "Christian values."

I am beginning to wonder how much longer I can live in this warped country.

[democratisphere]

6. Welfare for the richest and wealthiest is so GD important.

More and more for those that already have it all. It is never enough! What a disgraceful country.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. The "welfare system" was already "reformed" in the '90s

via TANF where there is no "permanent welfare" and states control the funds. You have a couple programs like AFDC and WIC and IIRC, the longest that one can be on "welfare" is 5 years (over a lifetime). Some history - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/21/welfare-reform-20-years-later/88389666/

They are trying to milk every penny to give back to the 1%.

[Volaris]

10. The message should be that this means that Newts welfare reform program,

Didn't fucking work.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Exactly.

Underscoring the idea of how "block grants" fail.

[moondust]

8. So...

a bunch of big-time crooks suspect there are small-time crooks out there?

[sinkingfeeling]

9. When will we have corporate welfare reform?

[secondwind]

11. pressure recipients to rejoin the labor force

Most recipients WANT to work.

[riversedge]

13. Trumps cabinet seems to be on the WH welfare programs. Review ALL of them First!