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LANSING, Mich. –– Michigan's new state government spending plan kicks in Saturday, with lost welfare benefits for some families and education funding cuts among the repercussions.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder acknowledges there's some short-term pain ahead in the state's new fiscal year, but says the plan puts Michigan on more stable financial footing for the future.
"These are difficult decisions ... (but) we're going to be well positioned for the long term," Snyder told The Associated Press in a phone call during his trade trip to Asia. "We're doing things in a structurally balanced way."
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A stricter four-year, lifetime limit on welfare benefits could kick up to 14,000 families –– about 41,000 people –– off cash assistance during the fiscal year. Many would lose the help right away. A lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court seeking to stop the limits from taking effect and a court hearing was set for Tuesday. Michigan also will measure certain financial assets to help determine eligibility for food assistance. People with more than $5,000 in regular savings or checking accounts, for example, will no longer be eligible for food stamps under rules adopted by the Michigan Department of Human Services.
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The Snyder administration wants about $145 million in concessions from state employees as part of the new fiscal year, but they haven't materialized. The concessions target drops to $90 million with the planned closing of Mound Correctional Facility in Detroit and other changes in the state prison system. The Snyder administration also plans to require unionized state workers to take at least four unpaid furlough days in the new fiscal year.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/29358437/detail.html
How long before It burns to the ground ;D
It's good to see this people are getting really tired of having .gov give away internet, cell phones, section 8 housing etc.
If you ARE going to have a welfare program let it be government cheese, a barracks room and an issue of work clothes (along with an 8 hour workday fixing infastructure or even picking up trash somewhere.)
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so how much welfare can a family receive ? for example, say a single mother with two children ???
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Haha I'd be getting the fuck out of Detroit right about now.
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Haha I'd be getting the fuck out of Detroit right about now.
Anyone dumb enough to still be there doesn't know any better.
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The last states to enact these types of welfare and Ilegal immigration policies will be stuck with all the welfare rats and Illegals. It pays to start the trend.
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The last states to enact these types of welfare and Ilegal immigration policies will be stuck with all the welfare rats and Illegals. It pays to start the trend.
Thankfully we have California and NY to look forward to housing them all.
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The last states to enact these types of welfare and Ilegal immigration policies will be stuck with all the welfare rats and Illegals. It pays to start the trend.
haha good point. They will all flock to Kalifornia.
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It will be interesting to see a liberal state actually do something besides destroy themselves. I think that is twice now in one year we have seen this. With Wisconsin and now Michigan. This has to really be pissing off the left that they are losing ground in these states.
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haha good point. They will all flock to Kalifornia.
Yes and since they are already broke from supporting this kind of idocy, the federal government (the rest of us) will pick up the tab.
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The last states to enact these types of welfare and Ilegal immigration policies will be stuck with all the welfare rats and Illegals. It pays to start the trend.
Do you do know crime rates are gonna sky rocket right ???
You feed a bear, he gets lazy,he sticks around, and forgets how to hunt, in the end if you take his food you got one very angry bear.
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It's ok, we have plenty of room in San Bernardino and Riverside.
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Do you do know crime rates are gonna sky rocket right ???
You feed a bear, he gets lazy,he sticks around, and forgets how to hunt, in the end if you take his food you got one very angry bear.
I think they're willing to take that risk. It's gonna be a lot of pain in suffering for a few years. Enough is enough though.
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Haha I'd be getting the fuck out of Detroit right about now.
No kidding. These people have been brought up on welfare. Take that away and they will resort to crime more. Get ready for some shitty times ahead.