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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMissouri to Needy: Drop Dead and Die Hungry
http://reverbpress.com/justice/missouri-needy-drop-dead-die-hungry/Empathy and Compassion are dead in Missouri, killed off by the Senate of The Show Me State.
Yesterday the Missouri Senate voted to override a veto signed by Governor Jay Nixon (D). The veto override was on MO SB24, a bill which would drastically slash benefits under Missouris TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) program. How drastically? The national average eligibility period for TANF benefits is five years: MO SB24 cuts this timeline for struggling Missourians to three years and nine months. What does this mean? The Missouri Social Services Department estimates that 3,155 families, including 6,400 children and 2,600 children under the age of 5 will lose their average monthly TANF benefit of $228.
Does anybody in government even remotely give a shit anymore? Can someone pretend to for at least five minutes?...
Blame the poor for their own condition, toot on the dog whistles (personal responsibility, hard work or, even better dependence on government), dehumanize the humans, slash programs to the point where they dont work in order to prove that they dont work. Dont bother looking at the actual cause and effect, dont bother addressing the systemic injustices. Slash and burn, and screw all the riff-raff.
Yesterday the Missouri Senate voted to override a veto signed by Governor Jay Nixon (D). The veto override was on MO SB24, a bill which would drastically slash benefits under Missouris TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) program. How drastically? The national average eligibility period for TANF benefits is five years: MO SB24 cuts this timeline for struggling Missourians to three years and nine months. What does this mean? The Missouri Social Services Department estimates that 3,155 families, including 6,400 children and 2,600 children under the age of 5 will lose their average monthly TANF benefit of $228.
Does anybody in government even remotely give a shit anymore? Can someone pretend to for at least five minutes?...
Blame the poor for their own condition, toot on the dog whistles (personal responsibility, hard work or, even better dependence on government), dehumanize the humans, slash programs to the point where they dont work in order to prove that they dont work. Dont bother looking at the actual cause and effect, dont bother addressing the systemic injustices. Slash and burn, and screw all the riff-raff.
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Missouri to Needy: Drop Dead and Die Hungry (Original Post)
KamaAina
May 2015
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ladjf
(17,320 posts)1. The doctrine of Republicanism is pathologically cruel. nt
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. I've said for a long while that a passive cull of the undesirables by
starvation, disease and deliberate neglect has been bubbling around in reichwing circles for at least a couple of decades. They are now putting it into practice. Letting 10-20% of the population just die off is easier and less attention-grabbing than building camps and much cheaper to boot.
questionseverything
(9,662 posts)3. before clinton's welfare reform
there was not a 5 year limit, was there?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. And the majority keep voting for this
Apparently convinced that they'll never be on the receiving end of the cruelty . . . until they are.
central scrutinizer
(11,665 posts)5. post partum abortion by starvation
nice touch, family values party! What's next, spitting on anybody who tries to use their food stamps
benld74
(9,911 posts)6. More misery for Missouri, by your not so friendly neighborhood GOP