SC Politician's Comments on Welfare

[KB21]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lt_gov_don_t_help_the_poor

"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that."

Bauer said Monday that he regrets his choice of words but that government should expect welfare recipients to try to better themselves. He wants to require them to take drug tests and attend parent-teacher conferences if they have children in school.

He's catching flack, but he's absolutely right.  All welfare is at this point is a dependency state, and the government does not want these people bettering themselves.  They want them to stay dependent upon the government.  I've long been a supporter of abolishing welfare all together because of the abuse.

[45-70.gov]

quote from bauer

"Do I wish I'd used a different metaphor? Of course I do," the 40-year-old said. "I didn't intend to offend anyone."

and  i was starting to like  him  before this........another apologizing wimp

[pankett]

quote from bauer

"Do I wish I'd used a different metaphor? Of course I do," the 40-year-old said. "I didn't intend to offend anyone."

and  i was starting to like  him  before this........another apologizing wimp

youv never had to apologize when you didnt want to ?  he is right about welfare though

[45-70.gov]

quote from bauer

"Do I wish I'd used a different metaphor? Of course I do," the 40-year-old said. "I didn't intend to offend anyone."

and  i was starting to like  him  before this........another apologizing wimp

youv never had to apologize when you didnt want to ?  he is right about welfare though

no
even  as a child  i was hard headed

[pankett]

quote from bauer

"Do I wish I'd used a different metaphor? Of course I do," the 40-year-old said. "I didn't intend to offend anyone."

and  i was starting to like  him  before this........another apologizing wimp

youv never had to apologize when you didnt want to ?  he is right about welfare though

lol 


no
even  as a child  i was hard headed

[powderman]

I see nothing wrong with mandatory drug tests to get welfare, or keep it. POWDERMAN. 

[Questor]

Well, if you're going to be a politician saying something "politically incorrect", you may as well go all the way. That's quite a remark for a politician to make.

As for welfare recipients being required to jump through hoops to get their benefits, yep, there should be no incentives to stay on welfare and a number of incentives to get off of it.