Just as it’s not true everyone receiving government assistance is a lazy slacker, it must also be true there are those who could and should be working who aren’t.
The food assistance program (SNAP) includes a putative requirement that most ablebodied adults ages 18 to 49 who don’t have children should work or attend training for 20 hours a week. But Congress waved away that standard during the pandemic emergency, which is supposed to end in May after three years.
WSJ 4-21-23
Democrats claim these households are already working, but then why object to a requirement? More than four million Americans ages 18 to 59 who aren’t disabled and don’t have children at home are on food stamps, according to the Congressional Research Service. Yet only one in four are employed.
Wsj 4-21-23
It would appear a simple matter. If one is able bodied and does not meet the other requirements such as caring for children, they should be working – even a minimum wage job while retaining benefits.
So why is it so political?
As with all social matters, there is no easy solution. What do you do about those who violate the law, who can do, but don’t? I’m assuming most of us don’t want them to starve, or die from lack of healthcare.
Why can’t political extremes see the need for rational compromise? No social welfare system is perfect. There are always those who take advantage.
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It’s political because it’s a government program. The congresspersons range from those who believe in a guaranteed income, work or no work, to those who don’t believe in a welfare program except in the most dire of circumstances.
Given the number of drug addled who no one trusts with a job and the gang bangers and general loafers, I’m surprised any requirements still exist for SNAP and other assorted welfare programs.
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