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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:10 AM Original message |
(GOP) Bill would require welfare recipients to show residency proof (Maine) |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't see this as unreasonable |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Right. What is the problem with this? |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I don't either. n/t |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I don't either and I have been a recipient for years. By the way when |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. i know where i live you have to show that you are a citizen or legal resident, |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. I guess starving for up to three months is proper penance for the crime of poverty |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Some people have no idea of the bureaucracy of it all. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Glad I'm not the only one who was wondering about the responses above. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Here's the deal.. If you are broke, jobless & poor where you ARE |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So we should punish people who do? |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Oh good more impossible hoops to jump through. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Food stamps is not a state program. It is a federal program so I |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. I also don't see this a huge problem. I know a woman who applied for benefits in 3 separate states |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Go figure if the states can't have a database that is shared! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Where are the emergency funds available for 3 months? n/t |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Yup and reagan knew a welfare queen. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. So you think it's fine for somebody to take benefits that should go to people who really need them? |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. A small minority of people cheat EVERY system. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You say that anybody should be able to get benefits without proof they live in a state? I don't see |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. strange that they don't already |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Prove residency when you're indigent. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I didn't say it was easy |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Here's a novel thought. Require people to sign an affidavit under penalty of law. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. 90 days with little to no food. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Please reread the article - state programs do not include food stamps |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I did. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I would guess this is not constitutional. When I had a problem with |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. You'd be entitled to food stamps! |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
15. I love going back to this quote that really gets to the point... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Then I guess this welfare user is a rethug today. It you bother to read |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I did bother to read and look into it further. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. How will a person who moved to a new place and quickly lost a job |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Now that is the real problem with this idea just like voter IDs. Homeless |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
22. 90 days is too long to wait for assistance |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Why would Maine want to take in other states' indigent and pay for the priviledge? |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Having worked in social services for the better part of 30 years I've seen a lot of people in need |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. Why would the indigent move to Maine... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. They don't already do this? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. Some background - several years ago we had in influx of refugees from Somalia & Sudan into Maine |
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