Compassionate Conservative... "Mich. governor signs 48-month welfare limit"

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And how do they eat after the the 4 years is up and still have no damn job? Damn these people make my blood boil. :grr:


LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed into law a stricter, four-year lifetime limit on cash welfare benefits, prompting advocates for the poor to warn that tens of thousands of residents will find themselves without cash assistance on Oct. 1.

Michigan's first-year Republican chief executive said the state will offer exemptions to the limit for those with a disability who can't work, those who care for a disabled spouse or child and those who are 65 or older and don't qualify for Social Security benefits or receive very low benefits.

Some recipients who are the victims of domestic violence also may be temporarily exempted.

"We are returning cash assistance to its original intent as a transitional program to help families while they work toward self-sufficiency," Snyder said in a statement. He noted that the state still will help the poor by offering food stamps, health care coverage through Medicaid, child care and emergency services.

Then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, signed a bill that created a four-year limit starting in 2007. But that law exempted many welfare recipients, including those whose caseworkers said they were making progress toward finding employment.<snip>

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=8344375

[Confusious]

1. You missed the meme boat

They gave up up that. Back to full-on dicks.

Doesn't it say something about you when you have to put the "compassionate" in front of "conservative"? It's not generally assumed to already be there?