Welfare Reform

    GAO confirms Obama changed welfare to work rules in another extra-legal power grab

    By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  September 5th at 02:05 PM  | 

    In another blow to the so-called fact-checking propaganda wing of the Democrat Party, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), said yesterday that the Obama regime must give Congress the chance to block President Obama’s scheme that lets states change, some say “gut,” the Clinton-era welfare to work rules Obama long opposed:

    “In July, the Obama administration offered states more latitude in how they can run cash-assistance programs that replaced the welfare system after the 1996 overhaul passed by Congress and signed in to law by President Bill Clinton. … ‘It must be submitted to Congress and the comptroller general before taking effect,’ wrote Lynn H. Gibson, GAO’s general counsel, in a letter to the lawmakers on Tuesday.”

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    Newt Gingrich on Welfare, His New Book, and the GOP Convention

    By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  August 10th at 10:07 AM  | 

    Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson, Ben Domenech and Allysen Efferson are joined by Newt Gingrich to discuss his latest book, No Taxation by Misrepresentation: Rejecting the Dishonest Obamacare Tax, his thoughts on Obama’s efforts to waive the work requirements in welfare, and his role at this year’s GOP Convention. We’re brought to you as | Read More »

    Obama Guts Welfare Reform

    By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  July 17th at 10:04 AM  | 

    Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by John Mashburn to discuss Obama’s recent changes to the welfare program, why they might be illegal and if more Americans will be on welfare as a result of these changes. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d | Read More »

    The Denigration Of Honest Hard Work

    By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  July 16th at 04:00 PM  | 

    In case you wondered what Barack Obama truly stands for you can watch that video I posted above and you won’t have to scratch your noggin any further. If you still have any doubts, we have the spectacle of Obama’s bureaucracy slipping a get out of effort free clause into the 1990’s Welfare Reform Act. ABC News describes the latest effort by our President to | Read More »