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| Sheila Jackson Lee: Change the Word 'Welfare' to 'Transitional Living Fund' |
| 2014-01-10 |
| [Breitbart] On the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (R-TX) proposed a change to the lexicon when it comes to what is currently called "welfare." Partial transcript as follows: REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX): So the safety net has to be something for all of us. And as I borrow this from my good friend from California, just to show you a line of Americans possibly looking for work, we cannot point out and we cannot know at this point which one of these are near the edge of poverty or living in poverty simply because they cannot find work. So, it is important to note that there are elements that many discard, the earned income tax credit, supplemental nutrition program, the huge job training and educational investment that President Johnson made on the war on poverty. Medicare and Medicaid. Huge safety nets, not handouts, but safety nets. Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of a transitional living fund. For that is what it is, for people to be able to live. Fine with me, as long as the "transition" lasts no longer than six months. Anything beyond that becomes......welfare. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #18 Houston. Inner city Houston. Same place where the NAAACCPP was polling voters at a voter station and pushing Obama voters ahead of non-Obama voters and handing them freebies, too. And when a poll-watcher called the people in charge that day, the poll-watcher was told to stand down. Lawlessness. Somebody needs to get a backbone and incarcerate these cockroaches. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-01-10 21:24 |
| #17 How about we change Sheila Jackson Lee's name to Stupid Fucking Idiot? No, because that describes just about everybody in the donk party. You could say REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE (STUPID FUCKING IDIOT-TX). |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-01-10 19:04 |
| #16 Seldom do these professional administrators come from the academic ranks of a university. Yeah, like Janet Napolitano who is now the president of the entire University of California system. It was a plum of a political payoff. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-01-10 19:01 |
| #15 How about we change Sheila Jackson Lee's name to Stupid Fucking Idiot? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2014-01-10 18:29 |
| #14 Transnational living fund? |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2014-01-10 18:09 |
| #13 Agreed, that control of education should go back to local control. And as it is best stated to the family. College education should also go back to being affordable. A good rule of thumb is that tuition rates will increase at about twice the general inflation rate. Why is education so pricey? There is a professional elitist class of overpaid administrators who manage universities. Seldom do these professional administrators come from the academic ranks of a university. They may be academics but they usually come from other universities--they are basically job hoppers much like university football coaches. Universities seem to be bound by federal mandates. To obtain federal money, they must adhere to all the federal legistation: EPA, OSHA, DOD, DOE, EEO, diversity requirements, etc. All this drives up the cost of education tremendously. It also puts the student and perhaps his/her family in debt for decades to come. Universities have changed from being a path upwards to one of being affordable by only the rich or the indebted. One of the few exceptions to this model is Hillsdale College--they have managed to minimize the federal load. Some young people have re-thought higher education and elected to do other things. Why not, jobs are non-existent or extremely hard to get even with a college education? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-01-10 15:48 |
| #12 The education business should be done at the parent level. Unemployment insurance should be done at the savings and insurance level. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-01-10 15:22 |
| #11 Personally I don't think the Federal Government has any business in the Welfare business (nor the 'Unemployment Insurance' and 'Education' business) but those functions should be done at the state level. That way the people have a lot more local control over it. (And the Feds can no longer hold it over the people's heads - which is precisely why this is being done at the Federal level). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-01-10 15:07 |
| #10 Sheila, any way you cut it you are taking someone else's hard-earned money and giving it to someone who doesn't want to work. How about we agree to call it "Leeching off others" instead of transitional living fund? By the way, would you consider transitioning out of politics because you are just too dumb to serve. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-01-10 14:48 |
| #9 I'm all for Sheila Jackson Lee's proposal as long as the Transitional Living Fund means ALL these people on "welfare" transition themselves out of the USA, renounce their citizenship, and emigrate to Norway. I think the TLF'ers will take the deal, why because it strikes to the heart of their goals, Show me the money Everyone in Norway is a millionaire You don't believe me, read the article. Go to Norway, TLF'ers, find your fortune, come on now get going, and take Sheila with you. |
| Posted by: The Good Bad and the Ugly9971 2014-01-10 14:47 |
| #8 They really did read 1984 as a how-to didn't they. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-01-10 14:44 |
| #7 "Transitional" to what, Sheila? More and more "transition"? How can it be "transitional" when a lot of those people were born into it, thanks to idiots like you? Welfare/public support should be for people who truly can't help themselves, with perhaps a 6-month stint available for those who temporarily fall on hard times, such as a serious injury or serious illness during which they lose their jobs. The rest of them can get off their dead asses and WORK, even if it's just cleaning the streets. I'm sick of working my ass off to support people who won't work even when there are jobs available. Dipshit. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-01-10 13:01 |
| #6 How about 'mooching' and 'moochers'? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-01-10 12:59 |
| #5 I prefer to call it armed robbery. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-01-10 11:42 |
| #4 Yep Transitional means: a) runs out after short term b) make no further bad decisions. If a or b get failed then no taxpayer caboodle. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-01-10 11:22 |
| #3 Transitional to serfdom fund |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-01-10 11:20 |
| #2 Any different than issuing similar fiats that 'failed' Donk initiatives and programs are to be labeled 'success'? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-01-10 10:52 |
| #1 How about "Permanent Vote Buyoff"? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2014-01-10 10:47 |