Comments on: CA welfare state wants more ‘clients’

By: Queeg

Queeg — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:11:01 +0000

Where is the Poodle?

By: BobA

BobA — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:59:05 +0000

Mike H, stolson:

It’s called wealth redistribution. It is a nefarious plan to equalize poverty and inculcate dependence rather than independence. Once people are totally dependent on government for their existence they will perpetually vote for who ever gives them the most stuff. The consequences of this are insidious in nature and is an invitation to totalitarianism.

If one person has a right to something he didn’t produce, simultaneously and of necessity it means that some other person does not have right to something he did produce. That’s because, since there’s no Santa Claus or Tooth Fairy, in order for government to give one American a dollar, it must, through intimidation, threats and coercion, confiscate that dollar from some other American.

By: stolson

stolson — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:34:07 +0000

Mike H: Perhaps as an anonymous informer, you could write all this up and distribute to state offices of our US Congresscritters. At least, it will be informative as I am sure other states have the same approach.
I found out that there are so many employees hired by counties to handle welfare to work jobs: Employment specialists from I to III, Employment Counselors from I to III, Food Assistance Employment Counselors to Senior level, WIC employment counselors and the County Employment grp (big name can’t remember) that helps unemployed with research, computer usage, free faxing, resume assistance, etc. This is an enormous outlay of money — and they then find ways to give “Clients” ways to get around actual work, combined with those who have no incentive to work as they do better on the various amts from the many services! So, it appears there is an army of well paid employees out there to handle the 10 people per county who really seek work???

By: MIke H

MIke H — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:10:59 +0000

RT is correct. Welfare to work does allow the majority of clients to do nothing and get a check. As someone that works in CalWORKs for a County, I know that the State just wants us to keep handing out $$$$. When we ask for tougher requirements, the State gives clients new ways to not be asked to find work. It is time to re-write CalWORKs and make it abot finding work. Too bad that will never happen here in “Califoryouia”.

By: RT

RT — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:51:32 +0000

CalWORKs should be called “CalHandout”. The program is not about helping clients get work, “welfare to work” allows the majority of clients to do nothing and get a check. No one cares because of the millions of taxpayer dollars that are pumped into Counties by CalWORKS.
Sad just sad.

By: stolson

stolson — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:40:04 +0000

There are a few issues here. One, there is little to no incentive for someone to go to work as they can take in 17K a year on combined programs from the welfare dept. They also can work under the table as gardners, hairdressers, house cleaners, home businesses, and not be detected in the welfare system’s database for this. They can be married, but the wife can claim single with children and not get caught. There are ways for them to purchase aliases and phoney ID’s. It also isn’t noted that these same povery ridden people send money back to their home country.
What a life.

By: Donkey

Donkey — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:46:04 +0000

Our social programs don’t promote ambition, pride and independence, they encourage self-pity, dependence and apathy. A criminal government that can’t even understand the simplicity of a balanced-budget promotes irresponsibility in the populace. We are told to spend whatever money we have to “stimulate the economy” and then we wring our hands when senior citizen’s don’t have enough money to support themselves for a year in retirement. Our sacrosanct “entitlements” and “safety nets” overflow with waste, fraud, abuse and corruption. And we wonder why things are so bad.

Ntheoc, you are the poster child for a trough feeding RAGWUS fool!! 🙂

By: eck

eck — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:56:20 +0000

Excuse me, I meant, “send more and more money!!”

By: eck

eck — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:55:38 +0000

“there’s (still) a problem!!” “Send money!!” Geez, enough already

By: BobA

BobA — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:38:32 +0000

Bill – San Jose:

NTHEOC is a communist sympathizer who pines for the days of the old Soviet state communism. “Unionists” loathe the idea of free markets and private enterprise and would prefer a totalitarian state where the government owned and run everything.

They would gladly sacrifice the US constitution and theirs and everyone else’s liberty & freedom for the hollow security of a union job.

Alas, it doesn’t matter though. Totalitarianism is coming sooner than we think. When that day comes, I’m sure the unionists will line the streets cheering the North Koren dictator as he triumphantly motorcade’s through the streets of Washington DC. on his way to the white house to advice the America president for life on the finer points of dictatorship and repression.