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Republicans accuse HHS of gutting welfare reform with quiet policy change

"Republicans are accusing the Obama administration of unilaterally gutting welfare reform after the Department of Health and Human Services quietly notified states that they may seek a waiver for the program's strict work requirements.

HHS made the announcement in a policy memo Thursday, news that slipped well below the radar amid a raucous day on the presidential campaign trail. But a few prominent GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill picked up on the change, and accused the administration of overhauling one of the most important bipartisan agreements of the past several decades.

"President Obama just tore up a basic foundation of the welfare contract" Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, D-Ohio, said in a statement. He also called the move a "blatant violation of the law."

Will someone please remind me what Obama said to the Supreme Court about overturning "duly constituted and passed legislation"?

Just more of the same. Giving money to those fucks on the backs of hard workers.

This really should get some bipartisan scrutiny, because after all it was Bill Clinton who made the currently standing reforms to the system.

Not holding my breath though, we are much more in favor of government dependency than we were just those few years ago.

CID1990 wrote:This really should get some bipartisan scrutiny, because after all it was Bill Clinton who made the currently standing reforms to the system.

Not holding my breath though, we are much more in favor of government dependency than we were just those few years ago.

And that dependency starts at the top with big oil and banks and then trickles down. Whoooohoooo capitalism!!!!!

Another classic example of Barry Sortero's ignoring the will of the Congress and getting his regulatory/administrative henchmen to do his dirty work.

kalm wrote:

CID1990 wrote:This really should get some bipartisan scrutiny, because after all it was Bill Clinton who made the currently standing reforms to the system.

Not holding my breath though, we are much more in favor of government dependency than we were just those few years ago.

And that dependency starts at the top with big oil and banks and then trickles down. Whoooohoooo capitalism!!!!!

Nice red herring argument.

AZGrizFan wrote:

kalm wrote:
And that dependency starts at the top with big oil and banks and then trickles down. Whoooohoooo capitalism!!!!!

Nice red herring argument.

Thank you. I just like it how the poor are the only ones labeled with an entitlement culture.

kalm wrote:

CID1990 wrote:This really should get some bipartisan scrutiny, because after all it was Bill Clinton who made the currently standing reforms to the system.

Not holding my breath though, we are much more in favor of government dependency than we were just those few years ago.

And that dependency starts at the top with big oil and banks and then trickles down. Whoooohoooo capitalism!!!!!

There is truth to that but 2 wrongs don't make a right and we need to get away from the government providing long-term entitlement programs and back to the government providing short-term safety nets (for individuals and businesses).

kalm wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Nice red herring argument.

Thank you. I just like it how the poor are the only ones labeled with an entitlement culture.

How much did "big oil and the banks" pay into the system in taxes last year?

AZGrizFan wrote:

kalm wrote:
Thank you. I just like it how the poor are the only ones labeled with an entitlement culture.

How much did "big oil and the banks" pay into the system in taxes last year?

How much did they take out of the system?

UNI88 wrote:

kalm wrote:
And that dependency starts at the top with big oil and banks and then trickles down. Whoooohoooo capitalism!!!!!

There is truth to that but 2 wrongs don't make a right and we need to get away from the government providing long-term entitlement programs and back to the government providing short-term safety nets (for individuals and businesses).

Agree and I'm moving ever closer to stepping on board that ship.

And here I thought this was going to be about Travis posting again...