Welfare Reform

Welfare reform will be close to impossible.

There will be sob stories EVERY DAY.

That one schmuck with ALS already got airtime over tax law.

Imagine all the "victims" of welfare reform

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Reformed welfare combined with less legal immigrants/illegal aliens will create jobs/wages for entry level positions for Americans. It's all really simple.

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I get it but the media is going to crucify this. It is likely political suicide.

Follow the Ted Cruz example. You can win elections campaigning on "untouchable" issues. If you ask pundits and political analysts what the most untouchable federal program is to Iowans, what would they tell you? It's corn subsidies. They would tell anyone campaigning there that they would have to support corn subsidies or else face certain defeat. So what did Ted Cruz do? He campaigned in Iowa on ending all ag subsidies, including corn. He went from town to town and answered every critic. He faced every angry constituent. He explained exactly why his policy was the best for America and how it would actually benefit them. Trump, in all of his MAGA glory didn't want to take that risk. He won the support of the sitting governor by coming out in favor of corn subsidies. SO what happened in Iowa?

Ted Cruz, the man who ran against an "untouchable" program, won. Trump lost in Iowa.

If Trump and the GOP want to tackle entitlements, they need to follow Ted Cruz's example. They need to be willing to face down criticism, ignore the pundits and commentators, and talk to Americans like adults and explain why their reform is best for America.

Corn subsidies aren't really that close to food stamps, welfare, etc. Other posters are right, the media would be trotting out new victims every night

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without being called insensitive racist

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Aren’t there more white people on welfare?

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I get it but the media is going to crucify this. It is likely political suicide.

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frick, it's going to be so easy for me to run and win in November 2042...

So the beauty of the MAGAnomics Tax Cuts is... around May 2018, no matter how you vote, 90% chance is, you're going to see your paychecks increase by a noticeable amount... When people see that, and realize why: they're going to continue to support the agenda/President who makes their wallets thicker. History has proven that for decades.

I'll expand if necessary.

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Aren’t there more white people on welfare?

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Not on a per capita/proportionate basis.

Everybody moved off welfare to disability anyways.

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Welfare belongs to those who truly need it. The disabled. The infirm. Not the ghetto mama with 6 chillins at home in the trailer park.

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Reformed welfare combined with less legal immigrants/illegal aliens will create jobs/wages for entry level positions for Americans. 

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Since I've posted on this board. I have ALWAYS asked about welfare reform. I want it.

But it has a few hurdles

1. Jobs don't get created just because people aren't on welfare. Any keeping out illegals won't make up the difference in job offerings.

2. Give up their dignity. While it applied to some, a huge portion of those people are generation 1. They are only using welfare because they are having a hard time.

3. Job training and education are the only effective ways to end welfare in its current state. A bill targeting people you don't like won't change anything.

Not a stab at you, but the truth is that both parties are welfare as a profitable tool.