re: Mulvaney: "if you're on food stamps and able bodied, you need to be working" Left freaks

I have often thought that a lifetime time limit would work. I understand the need for a safety net but it should not be for a lifetime.

I am thinking something like (government) assistance should be limited to no more than 5 years between ages 18-65. I am not including social security because that is paid into by the worker, I mean food stamps, housing, etc. for able bodied individuals.

I can understand that sometimes people get laid off and it takes time to find another job. The problem is that some people wont do a job that is "beneath" them. Taking a lower position might be humiliating, but it is a job and you can keep looking for a better job.

Hunger is a great motivator. I own my own business and make a good living, but I could leave here right now and find a job doing something (even without using my resume'). It might be bartending or delivering pizzas but it would be a job.

There could be additional time allowed if the recipient is going back to school or learning another trade, but the classes should be from a list of areas that there is a shortage of jobs. Not some worthless degree like gender studies, or theater or art history. Those areas are fine to have an interest in but historically they dont pay a wage high enough to live on.