Only some states do this. Should it be federalized?

EVERY STATE SHOULD DO THIS!

OK for example I have this friend well..I would not even call her that anymore because we have gone on two totally different paths in life since we were friends, sadly. Anyways she gets FREE housing for herself and her two children. A three bed two bath apartment. Its not ghetto but since she has lived their is a dumb. Very run down. This is the second apartment she has gone thru now and pretty much ruined. And yet she get sto transfer to another one. She pays NO rent or utility. And she only had a part time job for a week and she determined it was OK to quit because she missed her kids. OH this is SO NOT OK. She is fully able to work, the state will pay for daycare/in home child care and yet she sits on my tax dollars and does nothing! AND what kind of example is this setting for her children. Yes the cycle will be repeated thru this kids, sadly again.

I know the state of WA has some of the BEST investigators in the country for welfare fraud. They caught someone recently who was using child care to go run around and screw off. They had to back pay over 3K. This happens because people are eligible for this kind service and they only have to come back for reviews every so often. In the meantime yes they are getting benefits that they should not be getting. Or they have other peoples information. Social security numbers are sold online to people.What is also unfortunate because you can go to a welfare office and wait for hours to talk to someone in English but a forgien person has 5 people who speak their language ready to help. What country are we in again, I forgot or did they?

And NO their is no background check they run in order to be on welfare. You just have to be job less or make very very little. Or have children, or be disabled. Any of those things and you pretty much qualify. I think another question that should be asked is how is it their are so many people who are disabled that can get benefits, and what is considered a disability.

You mention the illegals, however, there are several million more Americans, who are now into their families 3rd and 4th generations, of living on welfare !

AND these people are 'experts' in 'ABUSING THE SYSTEMS' !!

There should be a two year limitation on receiving benefits, after which, they will be assigned jobs. IF they choose not to work, o.k., they go hungry. If such a 'decliner' is convicted of a criminal offense, lets go back to the prison system of the 1920's to 1940. HARD LABOR !!!! There are a lot of need, for small pebbles, made from large rocks, OR, they can do the agriculture 'stoop labor,' the illegals now do.

THERE IS A WAY TO SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS !!!!!

"Welfare" is a federal program and its merely distributed through the states and most often through counties. The restrictions for the amount of time one can be on welfare are federal restrictions. I'm not opposed to welfare either, but this has made a great impact on the system.

Welfare was reformed at the federal level. Blocks of money are given to the states and it is administered at the state level but the welfare recipients must meet certain requirements and they must look for work. Welfare is limited to 2 years at a time and 5 years over a lifetime.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=1996_We...

There are already time limits on federal welfare assistance. If the money is coming from state taxpayers, then the federal government cannot tell the states what to do with it.

As long as we are willing to pay people to do nothing the more nothing will be done. In this case you really do get what you pay for.

I don't know how it works, but my experience is that using one program or another some people manage to spend there entire life on government assistance one way or another.

I've met people in their thirties who have never had a job in their lives.

I suggest you read the "Tragedy of American Compassion" it illustrates that government operated charity doesn't work and is counter productive.

The time restriction was put in place during the late 1990s by the federal government

i think of it quite is a poor thought because of the fact it extends government administration further. yet a outline postive is that researches could have greater rather approximately investment - on the rate of independence needless to say. thank you bill