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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBad report card..No food assistance...
Tennessee Legislator: Cut Food Assistance to Kids With Bad Report CardsUpon closer read, Mr. Campfields proposed legislation does not pull only food assistance. What Mr. Campfield actually wants to do is take away the minimal and time-limited subsidy that struggling Tennessee mothers and fathers can depend on during the hardest of hard times to pay not only for food, but also for other non-food necessities such as heat, water, transportation and shoes for their kids.
Specifically, he wants to yank Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF called Families First in our state) when, per the language in his legislation, children fail to maintain satisfactory progress in school. And in case you are wondering how Mr. Campfield intends to define satisfactory progress in school for purposes of enforcement of his proposed law, he states that:
If your child is failing their classes, if your child is not showing up to school, if your child has quit school. That is unacceptable.
*snip*
Mr. Campfield is an increasingly disturbing embarrassment to his party, his constituents, and to our state. Getting this man out of office for good in the next election has to be something that people of good conscience from both political parties work together to do. As a Democrat in heavily Republican East Tennessee, I will actively and publicly support the legitimate GOP candidate of good character who looks to have a reasonable shot at ousting Mr. Campfield, if thats the best way to get the job done.
Specifically, he wants to yank Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF called Families First in our state) when, per the language in his legislation, children fail to maintain satisfactory progress in school. And in case you are wondering how Mr. Campfield intends to define satisfactory progress in school for purposes of enforcement of his proposed law, he states that:
If your child is failing their classes, if your child is not showing up to school, if your child has quit school. That is unacceptable.
*snip*
Mr. Campfield is an increasingly disturbing embarrassment to his party, his constituents, and to our state. Getting this man out of office for good in the next election has to be something that people of good conscience from both political parties work together to do. As a Democrat in heavily Republican East Tennessee, I will actively and publicly support the legitimate GOP candidate of good character who looks to have a reasonable shot at ousting Mr. Campfield, if thats the best way to get the job done.
http://mamapundit.com/2013/01/tennessee-legislator-cut-food-assistance-to-kids-with-bad-report-cards/
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Bad report card..No food assistance... (Original Post)
one_voice
Jan 2013
OP
Yes, it is amazing how their attitude changes between unborn and post-born /eom
dballance
Jan 2013
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Warpy
(110,900 posts)1. Yeah, STARVATION will improve those study habits!
Who ARE these assholes? And why doesn't somebody grab them by the ties and not let go until a little COMMON SENSE manages to sink in?
mythology
(9,527 posts)4. Because you can't always cure stupid
This is what happens when you are so successful in demonizing the "other" that you can't think of them as even potentially human.
JI7
(89,172 posts)2. it really is something to think about
that these people see basic needs like food in terms of rewards, punishments etc.
ananda
(28,780 posts)3. Please, Mr. Bumble, I want some more.
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cynatnite
(31,011 posts)5. Save the unborn, starve the children. n/t
dballance
(5,756 posts)6. Yes, it is amazing how their attitude changes between unborn and post-born /eom
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)7. Hateful, sick bastards.
I am so sick of these people.