No Welfare in Arizona as State First to Halt in Shut-Down

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg

By Amanda J. Crawford - Oct 7, 2013

Thousands of families in Arizona have lost welfare assistance as the state became the first to halt payments during the partial U.S. government shutdown.

Arizona’s Economic Security Department stopped providing cash under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program on Oct. 3, Tasya Peterson, a spokeswoman, said by e-mail. An estimated 5,200 families are affected, according to Democrats in the state House of Representatives, who say they’ll ask Republican Governor Jan Brewer to call a special session to authorize the payments from state reserves.

“We are putting these families in a terrible situation,” said Representative Debbie McCune Davis, a Phoenix Democrat. “I don’t understand the lack of action.”

Arizona was one of 11 states last year that used only federal money for such a program, said LaDonna Pavetti of the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, based in Washington. Others including New Mexico, South Carolina and Rhode Island had funds remaining in the program to carry benefits forward a few weeks, she said.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-07/no-welfare-in-arizona-as-state-first-to-halt-in-shut-down.html

[durablend]

1. Republican wet dream

They salivate over doing it to all 50 states

[Rebellious Republican]

2. Where would you find this inscribed, if you could visit it today?

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

[madrchsod]

17. would that be....

just read that the lady has been shut down too....

[Rebellious Republican]

18. Can't pull any wool over the oldtimers here.

[LonePirate]

3. Unemployment benefits could be impacted in various states as well

Many state agencies that administer the programs rely on federal funding which has dried up due to the shutdown over the budget impasse.

[DhhD]

4. This could mean that numerous children will be dropped off at hospitals, fire departments, etc.,

for the State to assume temporary custody of minor children ejected from their rent houses; TANF benefits-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families . The new Food Stamp Bill removed the State's authority to provide food stamps in an emergency situation. Republicans wanted an application and screening first. What will all of this cost the State taxpayers? Who will feed all of these children and people and where will the food be prepared at if they are evicted?

I hope that President Obama will Veto the Farm Bill or Food Stamp/SNAP Program.

[Maraya1969]

6. I think I understand the Farm Bill but why would you want Food Stamps stopped?

[hedgehog]

7. The current bill regarding SNAP would cut benefits.

[Maraya1969]

10. OH. And I thought the Farm Bill was the bill that gave big subsidies to people that didn't need

them. I'm thou confused

[Dragonfli]

19. It does both, SNAP is part of the farm bill /nt

[hopemountain]

20. SNAP (food "stamps") program

is attached to the farm bill to allow significant cuts

[BumRushDaShow]

9. There is no "Farm bill" (which contains SNAP) that has been reconciled in Congress

let alone ready for the President to sign or veto. And the 1-year extension of the previous Farm appropriations from last year (that was expiring), has itself expired.... Plus the stopgap cherry-picked SNAP appropriation that the House passed last week, is DOA in the Senate. So there's nothing for the President to do because nothing has exited Congress to reach his desk.

[leftyohiolib]

14. where they will be put on buses and sent to california as they have been doing

with the menatlly ill

[Iliyah]

5. Oh, it seems like the read states are gonna get hit the hardest

They did vote these jerks into office to represent them. I do feel for the people tho and especially the children and seniors.

[el scorcho]

8. Don't toss us all under the bus

Despite AZ's reputation as a haven for dumbasses we do have a lot of Dems here. Tucson and southern AZ are largely blue as is most of Flagstaff and northern AZ. It's just the idiots in Maricopa County who are fucking it all up.

[True_Blue]

29. I live in Maricopa

In Mesa - the Mormon stronghold. I don't know if you've been to Mesa lately, but it's starting to look like a war zone here with all the abandoned buildings, strip malls, grocery stores, restaurants ... etc. There are more closed businesses than there are open ones. The surrounding cities like Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert don't seem to be as bad off as we are. Most people I run into around here complain about the Mormon pols, but despite being unpopular, somehow they maintain control of Mesa.

[trublu992]

11. They've been wanting this since they became a party. Bastards

[u4ic]

12. I take it that corporate welfare is unaffected

[Buzz Lightyears]

13. They oppose taxing the rich but favor screwing those near the edge

of despondency. Damn them.

[SDjack]

15. But the rich will continue to get their subsidies. nt

[Ash_F]

16. Too bad they can't eat guns

The military and its suppliers are staying well funded through this.

[nobodyspecial]

21. I'm sure all of the churches will open their doors 24/7

and the congregations will pool their resources to feed everyone. Right?

[IrishAyes]

22. HA!

I used to visit a particular church on the highway in AZ because if I worked the graveyard shift on Saturday, that was the only one I could reach in plenty of time for services. But it wasn't my denomination and I wasn't a member - just a well-know regular visitor.

Well, one day when I was driving by, nature (not the holy spirit) called, so I stopped off there because I saw a lot of cars in the parking lot and knew the place was open. But when I entered the lobby and started towards the ladies room, some fool who knew me stood in my way and said I couldn't use their facilities. When I tried to walk around her, she blocked me. I was considering my options when inspiration struck: I stood under their palatial chandelier, pulled my long skirt above my ankles, squatted just a bit on their Persian rug, and told her it was either right there or in the restroom. She moved.

[warrant46]

26. The Love of Christ's teachings at work

No problem for this woman to enforce the "Rules"

This is how Hitler and Himmler got people to work at Bergen-Belson and enjoy their jobs



It's the amerikan taliban

[IrishAyes]

28. That's one of the scariest pictures I ever saw.

But it's not healthy religion; it's perversion.

[blkmusclmachine]

23. .

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[CarrieLynne]

24. i hope theres voter registration outside the welfare office lol

[sinkingfeeling]

25. Well, Bill Kristol stated that 'No One Is Going To Starve In Arkansas'.

Here's the full quote:

"t's not going to be the end of the world honestly even if you're on nutritional assistance from the federal government. The state of Arkansas can help out, localities can help out, churches can help out, I believe that no one is going to starve in Arkansas because of the shutdown."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/02/bill-kristol-dismisses-shutdown-no-one-is-going/196220

[Daniel537]

27. Just as the GOP planned.

Sick assholes. Anyone who votes these cretins back into office must have some depraved genocidal tendencies.