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   <title>$100K in State Benefits : Bill: &amp;#034;It does not foster...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=114">VietVet</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 5230<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> May&nbsp;01&nbsp;2013 at 6:01am<br /><br />Bill:<br /><br /> "It does not foster work ethic, it does not give people a temporary "hand up", and it hooks people into a permanent laziness and sense of entitlement.  The very LEAST that should be done is to start limiting the programs for the healthy able-bodied adults and, if benefits are given, make them work for them"<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/smileys/smiley20.gif" border="0" align="middle" /> <br /><br />I'll go one step beyond that.....limit the give-away bennies to a set amount of time....say 1-2 years. After one/two years, if you and your family don't have your act together by finding a job (multiple jobs in the household-whatever it takes to be independent), any job, getting a health care program to take care of your medical needs without us taxpayers doing it for you, buying your own food at the grocery without food stamps, paying your own way as you get on with your life, then I guess you're out of luck. Fend for yourself. Don't know about all you folks but I'm tired of paying for professional, continuous welfare program users. Time to swim or sink on your own people. Bottom line, quit sponging off of those who work. The endless parade of welfare services must end on a certain date, then you stand on your own, never to return.....ready or not. JMO]]>
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   <title>$100K in State Benefits :  The welfare state is out of...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=483">Bill</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 5230<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> Apr&nbsp;30&nbsp;2013 at 9:00pm<br /><br /><p>The welfare state is out of control.&nbsp; All it takes to get bennies is a pulse.&nbsp; You don't even need to be here legally (have you read how our government conspires with Mexico to INCREASE food stamp participation?).&nbsp; &nbsp;It does not foster work ethic, it does not give people a temporary "hand up", and it hooks people into a permanent laziness and sense of entitlement.&nbsp; The very LEAST that should be done is to start&nbsp;limiting the programs for the healthy able-bodied adults and, if benefits are given, make them work for them.&nbsp; I think 20 hours of hard labor and another 20 hours of job hunting or skill development classes will motivate people to find employment.</p>]]>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>$100K in State Benefits : Tsarnaevs Got $100K in State Benefits:...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=115">Vivian Moon</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 5230<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> Apr&nbsp;30&nbsp;2013 at 12:05pm<br /><br /><H1 style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN: 0.25em 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 23px">Tsarnaevs Got $100K in State Benefits: <BR>Report Between 2002 and 2012</H1><DIV id=lineDeckByline><DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11px">By <a href="http://www.middletownusa.com/user/2418/1/matt-cantor.html" rel="nofollow"><U><FONT size=2>Matt Cantor</FONT></U></A>, &nbsp;Newser Staff </DIV></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><BR>Posted Apr 30, 2013 7:01 AM CDT </DIV></DIV><DIV id=storyP1P2><DIV id=storyParagraphC&#111;ntainer><P ="storyParagraph"><SPAN ="source">(Newser) </SPAN>– The <a href="http://bost&#111;nherald.com/news_opini&#111;n/local_coverage/2013/04/tsarnaev_family_received_100g_in_benefits" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><EM><U>Boston Herald</U></EM></A> may have had its <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/166866/officials-w&#111;nt-release-tsarnaevs-welfare-records.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><U>request for records</U></A> denied, but that hasn't stopped the paper from managing to learn the extent of the public assistance received by the Tsarnaevs: more than $100,000 between 2002 and 2012, including cash, food stamps, and housing, the paper reports. "The breadth of the benefits the family was receiving was stunning," says an insider. The finding comes by way of the state's House Post Audit and Oversight Committee, which was given some 500 documents from the state upon request. </P><P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" ="storyParagraph">"I can assure members of the public that this committee will actively review every single piece of information we can find, because clearly the public has a substantial right to know what benefits, if any, this family or individuals accused of some horrific crimes were receiving," the committee's chairman said. The documents haven't been publicly released. Meanwhile, the state's Department of Transitional Assistance is conducting a probe of its own: into whether the Tsarnaevs informed the agency about <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/167028/is-dead-23-year-old-a-bost&#111;n-bombing-clue.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><U>Tamerlan's Russia trip</U></A>.<BR><BR><I><B><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4>I'm just soooo glad to know that our tax dollars were used to water, feed, house and educate&nbsp;these young men. <BR>I mean after all if they would have had a real job that required them to work 40 hours a week they would not have had enough spare time and money to learn how to make bombs. </FONT></B></I></P></DIV><DIV style="CLEAR: both">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>]]>
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