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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)Yes, my petition is still accepting signatures. I dream of a landslide of them letting Oakland, and the welfare system in general, know that punishing people for trying to work by threatening their housing is unacceptable.
Situations like this are what will cost the U.S. the right to speak as a moral authority on Human Rights. As long as we condone treating human beings like this, we will not be able to persuade other nations that their own human rights violations are any big deal. We're making it "business as usual" to keep a segment of the population living in Third World conditions.
I'm also asking questions about whether these absurd welfare policies are deliberate. Are they intended to push the poorest to "go elsewhere"? Where is elsewhere?