How Dare They Require Work

More taxpayer money on the line:

• As new federal SNAP work rules take effect this month, Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan that would use taxpayer dollars to soften the impact on families who fail to meet the requirements.

  House Bill 4730 would create a state run program called FRESH (Families Receiving Emergency Support for Hunger). The initiative would provide one-time cash payments to households whose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are reduced or terminated because a member of the household did not meet federally mandated work requirements.

How very....generous....of Illinois taxpayers to give more money away!

And what exactly are these new rules taking effect?

• New SNAP work rules require adults aged 18 to 64 without dependents to work, volunteer, or participate in job training for at least 80 hours a month to maintain benefits.

80 hours a month....works out to about 20 hours a week. 

And this is onerous enough to necessitate Illinois taxpayers picking up the bill?

People with actual jobs really need to stop voting for democrats. 

Or are they outnumbered?