From
The
Idiot Factor:
If there is one clear theme of the
Donald Trump Administration I would call it "the scum rising to the
top." Everything that is wrong with the direction of this country and
government is being sought out after by Trump and his Republican Party. The
Democratic Party has pretty much ignored the needs of poor people, so they are
not that much better than the Republicans. Our own Governor Sam Brownback is
playing a leading roll as a source of inspiration to this countries pogrom
against poor people. Welfare today is almost non-existent in Kansas .
The restrictions are so great that few of its many poor people can take advantage
of them.
Here are some statistics from this
Sunday's The Wichita Eagle, in an article called
"Brownback cut welfare in Kansas ;
is Congress about to follow?":
Welfare restrictions and work
requirements have knocked tens of thousands of Kansans off assistance over the
past few years. Many get kicked out for not working, but only a small percentage
leave because they have a job, the latest federal data reveals.
Republicans in Congress have said they
want to tackle welfare reform. Some, including Rep. Ron Estes ofWichita ,
say Washington , D.C. should
look to Kansas as an example, but
it’s unclear whether program cuts in Kansas left
recipients better off.
During his time as governor, Gov. Sam
Brownback lowered lifetime caps on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families from
60 months to 24 months and implemented work requirements for recipients. The
Republican-controlled Legislature also acted to place many of the changes made
by Brownback into law.
Federal data released in October shows that last year only 9.2 percent
of Kansas recipients
are getting off assistance because they’re employed. Nationwide the rate is 19.7 percent.
At the same time, 21.8 percent of Kansas recipients
lost benefits for not complying with work requirements. The U.S. average
is 5.7 percent.
“Communities are suffering and families
are suffering because we have put barriers up,” Rep. Monica Murnan,
D-Pittsburg, said.....
...... DCF spokeswoman Taylor
Forrest said the agency “allows its clients to voluntarily close their
assistance cases at any time, and they are not required by law to report why
they are closing” their case.
She acknowledged that only 9 to 10
percent of recipients list new employment as a reason. Others offer no
explanation, she said.
Even worse than welfare, Brownback is interested in Trump's moves to require work
for Medicaid. Brownback has already stood against expanding Medicaid in Kansas .
As many as 77,000 Kansans are without healthcare and cannot get KanCare,
the bastardised privately run version of Medicaid, dumped on us by Brownback.
The decision by 25 states to reject the
expansion of Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act will result in
between 7,115 and 17,104 more deaths than had all states opted in, according to
researchers at Harvard Medical School and the City University of New York. And that includes Kansas .
For most of my adult
life and the lives of many other fine Americans, I have fought for universal
health care. This is the only industrialized country without it. The Affordable Care Act,
also known as Obama Care, was a step in the right direction all thought it did
not go far enough. Now we have politicians such as Trump and Brownback trying
to go the other way, trying to put more obstacles to the few people who have
access to Medicaid. This is more red tape. The people who really get hurt by
this are those who are already sick, need health care, and can't work because
they are sick. With so many people getting sick and dying it is hard to buy the
ridiculous arguments that work requirements make life better for those denied
health care. Those who push for these work requirements are despicable human
beings who seem to have a great contempt for the poor. This is hate legislation
and their is no better word for it. Trump and Brownback are nothing more than
classist criminals who treat the poor the way the Nazis treated the Jews.
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