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Originally Posted by miclo18d
I think that anyone on food stamps and/or welfare should be wards of the state and put in gubmint housing with strict military barracks type rules.
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At least require drug testing, mandatory birth control, X number of hours of volunteer work, and a cap on benefits. In lieu of volunteer work, high school or college classes may be substituted. Welfare should be a helping hand, not a way of life.
In the '70s, my mom, newly divorced with two young girls (and no child support from a dead-beat ex), went back to school and earned her master's degree. During that time we were on food stamps. We ate a lot of rice and beans, had a garden, and never saw junk food. We had hand-me-down clothing and I don't think my mom ever bought herself anything. With her new MS in maternal and child nursing she went on to a long career in teaching.
That's the way food stamps should work.
Susan