Reply #11: It eliminates the cash benefits and aid that are distributed through that program. [View All]

[Lyric]

The only people who might still be eligible are single mothers who have babies and toddlers at home, because in most states with a WTW program, those women are exempted from the work requirements and therefore do not have to participate in welfare-to-work. But that's a great big MAYBE, and it excludes all TANF recipients who are elderly, disabled, pregnant for the first time, or who have children older than 5. I honestly don't know all of the details about how California's program works. I know that they get at least some of those funds from the federal government as a block grant, so THOSE funds should still be available. But I also know that the state pays a large chunk as well, and without the matching funds from the state, there won't be nearly enough to cover everyone.

People who have jobs through the program will lose them.

People who have jobs outside of the program, but who depend on subsidized childcare, will lose their jobs.

People will no longer be able to receive employment help, or community service jobs if there aren't any wage-jobs available.

Think of the big cities in California. Think of the plight of the poor Latino and Black communities in those cities. Their neighborhoods are already crime-prone and overcrowded. They ALREADY struggle to survive. What the hell are these people going to do? They sure as hell aren't going to go hungry and homeless in peaceful silence, and I don't blame them a bit. The people there are already living at the breaking point. This will be enough to tip things over the edge. But hey, who cares? It's just a bunch of poor brown people. Who gives a damn about them? :sarcasm:

Lord have mercy.

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