Thursday, March 24, 2011

GOP Wants Children of Striking Workers to Starve

Note to young Daily Downers readers: do not make the mistake of choosing working-class parents who might go on strike. Decisions have consequences and if you decide to have a mother or father who is being exploited by his or her employer, don't expect the taxpayer to fill your bowl with gruel.

[A] group of House Republicans is launching a new stealth attack against union workers. GOP Reps. Jim Jordan (OH), Tim Scott (SC), Scott Garrett (NJ), Dan Burton (IN), and Louie Gohmert (TX) have introduced H.R. 1135, which states that it is designed to “provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.”

Much of the bill is based upon verifying that those who receive food stamps benefits are meeting the federal requirements for doing so. However, one section buried deep within the bill adds a startling new requirement. The bill, if passed, would actually cut off all food stamp benefits to any family where one adult member is engaging in a strike against an employer:


[Think Progress]

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