Newt tweeted @newtgingrich strengthened SNAP work requirements would help more people move from food stamps to work and independence "Representative Steve Southerland, who leads the Republican Study Committee’s anti-poverty initiative, will introduce an amendment to the Agriculture appropriations bill later this week that would move SNAP along the path we charted with welfare reform. His legislation would give states the option to implement strengthened work requirements for SNAP. Under this plan, states could ask SNAP recipients either to find employment or to do things like job training or studying to get a GED. If states were successful at moving people from food stamps to work and independence, Rep. Southerland’s bill would give them 50% of the savings. As a candidate for president in 2008, Mr. Obama told Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Church that “we have to have work as a centerpiece of any social policy, not only because ultimately people who work are going to get more income, but because [of] the intrinsic dignity of work, the sense of purpose … .” Rep. Southerland’s SNAP legislation is a chance for President Obama and Democrats in the Congress to prove that they really believe it." gingrichproductions/2013/06/work-for-food-stamps/
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:34:36 +0000
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