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standingtall

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12. We should not be making work requirements acceptable by

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 14, 2018, 05:25 PM

May 2018

debating that the implementation is unfair, because that implies they can be implemented fairly which they cannot. None of these work requirements have gone into effect yet. We need to try and beat these in the courts first. Premature to debate rather they are being implemented properly.

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Trump Admin Poised To Give Rural Whites A Carve-Out On Medicaid Work Rules [View all] DonViejo May 2018 OP

I should say I have mixed feelings about the work rules anyway - but in general el_bryanto May 2018 #1

What? BumRushDaShow May 2018 #4

I hadn't thought about how deportation could impact this issue. el_bryanto May 2018 #6

The problem between urban vs rural is this BumRushDaShow May 2018 #7

Thanks for an interesting post, Bum. Hortensis May 2018 #13

I am starting to hear some rumblings about restarting voc-tech education BumRushDaShow May 2018 #14

Yes. :) Actually, a lot of technical training takes place Hortensis May 2018 #16

"Scott Walker actually tried to..." BumRushDaShow May 2018 #18

I think this discussion is pushed and shaped by Hortensis May 2018 #19

Agree. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #21

Good Post !!!! Civic Justice May 2018 #29

Exactly iluvtennis May 2018 #11

Well hell, if we can require a "must work" rule, why don't we just have "must move" rule?? dameatball May 2018 #2

Does that hold for the slackers in congress? They don't appear to be working much for shraby May 2018 #3

Kick dalton99a May 2018 #5

Whether a just policy or not JustAnotherGen May 2018 #8

Another example of White Wing policies from this administration that aren't accidental bigbrother05 May 2018 #9

K&R Solly Mack May 2018 #10

We should not be making work requirements acceptable by standingtall May 2018 #12

Agreed. America has become a fascist state to giving benefits to one group and not Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #25

We are going to need to maxrandb May 2018 #15

that violates the 14th amendment Takket May 2018 #17

Vast majority of rural white medicaid recipients in Mi would have to work Kaleva May 2018 #20

Transparent vote-buying, with a racial component to boot. Nitram May 2018 #22

Well, there might be a silver lining... malthaussen May 2018 #23

These rural Trumpers bucolic_frolic May 2018 #24

Everyone knows, this is targeted specifically at Minorities in the GOP design of it. Civic Justice May 2018 #26

It won't survive an equal protection clause no_hypocrisy May 2018 #27

Acknowledge the Re-Emergence of Confederacy Ideals, trying to be imposed upon America. Civic Justice May 2018 #28

Blech! I had forgotten just how awful Wallace was! Mountain Mule May 2018 #30

Hmmm....I don't know about that. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #31

Almost like people are upset that counties with large minority populations have lower unemployment MichMan May 2018 #32

With all of these medicaid work requirements: where are all the jobs they're going to fill? YOHABLO May 2018 #33

In other words to paraphrase DonCoquixote May 2018 #34

Wypipo? keroro gunsou May 2018 #35

Urban dictionary definition of wiypipo peace frog May 2018 #36

here is the guy that coined the term explaning it DonCoquixote May 2018 #38

btw ... peace frog May 2018 #37