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55. You can't work and get welfare

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 08:01 PM

Jan 2013

and sorry but frankly even if you do have a job, if you have a kid who repeatedly skips school then you need to get up off your ass and do what it takes to get that kid to stop skipping school or you need to find parents or a group home or someone who will get that kid to go to school. Once you become parents, the health, education, feeding, and welfare of those kids should be your job one, if it isn't, then you need to find someone for whom it will be job one.

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Tennessee GOP Lawmaker Wants To Tie Welfare Benefits To Children's Grades [View all] proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 OP

ALL elected Republicans are nuts. n/t Tx4obama Jan 2013 #1

Such idiots should be strangled at birth HiPointDem Jan 2013 #2

He was also the legislator behind TN''s controversial and ill-fated "don't say gay bill" in 2012. lunasun Jan 2013 #3

he's a carpet bagging mfer d_r Jan 2013 #5

Yep. He's originally from New York. Fawke Em Jan 2013 #48

hey here's an idea d_r Jan 2013 #4

Could someone explain how cutting payments to needy kids if they have low grades breaks the cycle of Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #6

I'm going to take a stab at asslogic d_r Jan 2013 #9

I know there are idiots here, Go Vols Jan 2013 #7

Tie lawmakers' pay to their score on a 10th-grade civics test Newsjock Jan 2013 #8

How about a law tying legislative salary to passage rate of proposed legislation? nyquil_man Jan 2013 #16

LOL. Love it! nt SunSeeker Jan 2013 #29

I like it sad-cafe Jan 2013 #59

Is this the same state where the GOP woman said hungry childern learn better? Or was it MO? freshwest Jan 2013 #10

Well, actually, they want ALL of us dead. But first kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #15

while I don't believe a tn lawmaker said that, we did have Marsha Blackburn say that hammers are okaawhatever Jan 2013 #17

I just googled DU and it was a woman from MO. But SC had a guy who said that... freshwest Jan 2013 #24

Dear God, she's a special kind of evil isn't she? That just sickens me. thx nt okaawhatever Jan 2013 #25

That was MO proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #37

Yes, I already found it and posted the link above you. freshwest Jan 2013 #45

Thankfully, that nitwit termed out. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #46

The Constitution Party is a piece of work... freshwest Jan 2013 #47

Yep, I remember that nasty bitch. xmas74 Jan 2013 #64

I don't favor having it tied to grades dsc Jan 2013 #11

And when they leave the grounds after they get dropped off? Lordquinton Jan 2013 #34

then you go to school with them dsc Jan 2013 #49

But then they can't be out looking for a job Lordquinton Jan 2013 #50

I don't mean every day dsc Jan 2013 #52

This makes a lot of assumptions Lordquinton Jan 2013 #54

You can't work and get welfare dsc Jan 2013 #55

In California work is a requirement for assistance Lordquinton Jan 2013 #66

As I said I don't agree with tying it to grades dsc Jan 2013 #67

In Missouri xmas74 Jan 2013 #68

And what are they supposed to do with their babies arikara Jan 2013 #69

I don't know. xmas74 Jan 2013 #70

That is horrible arikara Jan 2013 #71

Since she has two children xmas74 Jan 2013 #73

I hope things change for her soon. arikara Jan 2013 #74

She needs it. xmas74 Jan 2013 #75

Yeah, no pressure on the kid... 3rd grader gets a D, and 1 year old baby brother doesn't eat Paulie Jan 2013 #12

It seems to me that they despise the poor and will do anything to diminish their benefits. Incitatus Jan 2013 #27

It doesn't affect those making these statements, only THEM people have to worry about it Paulie Jan 2013 #32

Yes, put more pressure on children. The armed guards won't be nearly enough. nyquil_man Jan 2013 #13

Wow. Nothing could go wrong with THIS tactic. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #14

Charges: Man Pointed AK-47 At Daughter Over Grades Tx4obama Jan 2013 #19

My point exactly. I saw that today. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #20

"The Hunger Games" Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #18

The logic is that if mommy or daddy aren't going to get their check they will make sure little okaawhatever Jan 2013 #21

What Satanic rituals inspire these people? jberryhill Jan 2013 #22

I never thought of it quite that way, Campfield mokawanis Jan 2013 #23

GOP = assholes gophatercali1955g Jan 2013 #26

If increased poverty produced good grades... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #28

Wouldn't that essentially make the child responsible for the household income? Great Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #30

and when do the cuts take place? Lordquinton Jan 2013 #35

That welfare boogieman is as a scary beast! Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #31

No food for the dumb! another_liberal Jan 2013 #33

That would work in a couple of ways jmowreader Jan 2013 #36

Me likie . . .! another_liberal Jan 2013 #38

The problem with this sort of plan is that ... surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #40

People are already "feeding" our congress people jmowreader Jan 2013 #72

Good god. Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #44

Survival of the fittest, Republican style? You have a low IQ? Then you die from starvation.nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #39

Tennessee GOP Lawmakers = NEANDERTHALS spanone Jan 2013 #41

Please apologize to the Neanderthals. TheMightyFavog Jan 2013 #42

here in tn....senate, house, governor....all pukes and all sucking the tea bottle.... spanone Jan 2013 #51

Idiot. Solly Mack Jan 2013 #43

Another fucked up idea from another fucked up Republican. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #53

That is the goddamned worst thing Zoeisright Jan 2013 #56

Being that stupid should cause great physical pain. REP Jan 2013 #57

they just keep the stupid coming sad-cafe Jan 2013 #58

Can you imagine being a teacher under those circumstances? surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #60

I know I couldn't do it. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #63

High stakes testing indeed. Bad grades? No food for you... or your little brother. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #61

GOP: Dumber by the minute. moondust Jan 2013 #62

I'd like to see their report cards BainsBane Jan 2013 #65

Stacey Campfield's the same clown who claimed the Black Caucus is racist in 2005 Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #76

So blocking mentally disabled kids from benefits. Great. nt napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #77

Average CEO to worker pay: 475:1. Average salary increase: non existent. Initech Jan 2013 #78

Save the unborn, starve the children. Fucking bastards! n/t cynatnite Jan 2013 #79

Tie tax breaks to stadiums to how a team performs The Straight Story Jan 2013 #80

That works. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #84

As I've Posted On Other Threads My Home State of TN Keeps Embarrassing Me dballance Jan 2013 #81

Gees, Louise! longship Jan 2013 #82

Sick. nt Live and Learn Jan 2013 #83