There is not a day goes by that our Dictator doesn’t make another move. It was another Friday, so I was waiting for the usual Friday dump. This one really tops it all. Taking on Clinton’s popular welfare reform bill, one wonders if he indeed has lost his wheels. While everyone remains fixated on Romney and Bain ad nauseum, the march continues. I really don’t know much more to say on this. Here it is:
The landmark welfare reform law President Bill Clinton signed in 1996 helped move nearly 3 million families off the government dole — the result of federal work requirements that promoted greater self-reliance. Hot Air
The imperial Presidency has overturned Congress and the law again. Not content to stop at rewriting immigration policy, education policy and energy policy, yesterday, President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an official policy directive rewriting the welfare reform law of 1996. The new policy guts the federal work requirements that were the foundation of the Clinton-era reform.
While this real news occurred yesterday, most of the media remained fixated on political ads and speeches, letting a major and unilateral shift in America’s welfare system go nearly unreported.
Welfare reform replaced the old Aid to Families with Dependent Children with a new program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The Heritage Foundation played a pivotal role in building bipartisan consensus for the reform and providing many of the recommendations that became part of the law. The whole point was that able-bodied adults should be required to work or prepare for work as a condition of receiving welfare aid.
This reform was very successful. TANF became the only welfare program (out of more than 70) that promoted greater self-reliance. It moved 2.8 million families off the welfare rolls and into jobs so that they were providing for themselves. Child poverty fell, and single-parent employment rose. Recipients were required to perform at least 20–30 hours per week of work or job preparation activities in exchange for the cash benefit.
Now, Obama’s HHS is claiming that it can waive those work requirements that are at the heart of the law, and without Congress’s consent Full story at Heritage
July 15, 2012 at 7:28 am
This president continues to pick and chose which laws he will enforce, and this is the latest example. He has no regard for the law, only for his reelection and he will do whatever it takes for him to win, regardless of what it does to the country.
July 14, 2012 at 9:14 pm
[...] Bunkerville bemoans the fact that the would-be dictator in the White House is showing more and more disregard for the American form of government. [...]
July 14, 2012 at 5:12 pm
This is disturbing news. I started to write on it this morning, but didn’t. Maybe I should, just to help spread the word.
July 14, 2012 at 8:39 pm
I cannot believe this is not making major news. What does it take? If not this, then it is hopeless as far as I am concerned . Romney should be out there beating on it. Sickening.
July 14, 2012 at 9:17 pm
I just posted about this and included all the links I could find. If you run into anymore, drop me a line and let me know. I’ll update the post to include them.
July 14, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Thanks LD. Will do.
July 14, 2012 at 8:12 am
It’s stunning what this man is doing. And he seems to ramp it up every week. When I heard this news on Rush yesterday morning, my mouth dropped. I can’t understand why I’m still stunned, however. This is par for the course with Obama. He just keeps rewriting laws to fit his vision and no one stops him.
I’m telling ya, if this man gets re-elected, I’m gonna kill myself!!!
July 14, 2012 at 8:17 am
Every time I think it can not get worse, it does. This is a stunner. What is worrisome, no one is covering it.
July 14, 2012 at 8:01 am
I’ve been waiting for your post today. After you gave me the heads-up last night, Iread several blog reports on this outrageous usurption of power. I was so angry that I had trouble sleeping. The first thing I did this morning was check Fox News to see if at least they were reporting on this. Nothing. I am seriously beginning to think our country is lost, Bunker. Obama is going to continue doing this because he knows there is nothing the Republicans can do to stop him , as long as he controls the Senate. Will h be able to buy enough votes to win reelection? I don’t know but I fear that he can. Romney has got to take the gloves off and expose this tyrant for who he is. That is the only way the MM will cover the story.
July 14, 2012 at 8:04 am
I was lost for words to even comment. Drudge does not even have it. Sorry not to give you the link, but just had my iPad.