Facing $1 billion deficit, Arizona sharply limits welfare

[Zorro]

Facing a $1 billion budget deficit, Arizona's Republican-led Legislature has reduced the lifetime limit for welfare recipients to the shortest window in the nation.

Low-income families on welfare will now have their benefits cut off after just 12 months.

As a result, the Arizona Department of Economic Security will drop at least 1,600 families — including more than 2,700 children — from the state's federally funded welfare program on July 1, 2016.

The cuts of at least $4 million reflect a prevailing mood among the lawmakers in control in Arizona that welfare, Medicaid and other public assistance programs are crutches that keep the poor from getting back on their feet and achieving their potential.

http://news.yahoo.com/facing-1-billion-deficit-arizona-sharply-limits-welfare-202816912.html

[Romeo.lima333]

1. keep voting republican arizona

[HassleCat]

2. Generous Welfare Benefits

They can save a billion by eliminating 1600 families from public assistance? That means each family receives $625,000 in benefits. I guess the right wingers are right. If I could get $625k for not working, I would lean on the "crutch" and not bother getting "back on my feet." I had no idea Arizona was so generous. No wonder all those retired people move there. Still not sure why they refuse to shift to daylight saving time, but maybe they figure $625,000 is enough, and there's no need to give everyone an extra hour of daylight.

[BlueJazz]

3. The cuts of at least $4 million. WHAT! They're over 1,000,000,000 in debt and they..

...think to screw the poor by cutting 4/1000 of their debt.??

You know what...Just Fuck!

[packman]

4. God forbid they think of screwing around with the rich

so they kick around the poor -