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In reply to the discussion: Outraged Welfare Punishes Work and Saps Dignity From the Desperately Poor? Please Sign My Petition! [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)Once again, not asking for anything: thank you all who got my petition to 50 signatures. I believe that means that it has already been sent to the political representatives I designated.
This kick is just to keep this thread around for a few days so people will see an important issue that usually remains invisible, and may be at the root of many social rifts, including Ferguson: General Assistance welfare rules that are so badly written they actually PUNISH people people for trying to work by jeopardizing their housing!
While I can only shine a light on what is going on in Oakland, CA, I'm sure similar shenanigans go on everywhere. If Republicans can get away with grandstanding against Food Stamps in the house, can you imagine what they get away with in a thousand different ways at the LOCAL level where no one sees what is going on because the news doesn't report it and people living "mainstream" lives just don't care?
Who wants to bet the Oakland, CA welfare rules have been f'd up on purpose somewhere along the way to "incentivize" disabled people who can barely move, much less work, to get off welfare? To stop being "welfare queens" with their $337/month *loan* that goes directly to their landlord, their $180/month food stamps, and their $0 in cash income to pay for utility bills and toilet paper?