October 4, 2013
azcentral.com
Mary K. Reinhart
Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20131004arizona-welfare-checks-shutdown.html?nclick_check=1
Opinion:
Basically, the state is taking these 5,200 families that are already low income families, and not giving them their welfare checks for the month. Each family only receives roughly $207 per month and now taking that away could make getting food a lot harder. DES Director Clarence Carter told the Senate Minority Leader Leah Landrum Taylor he had no funds available to make the welfare payments possible. The state holds a $450 million emergency fund. A meeting was held regarding whether or not the cash reserve should be tapped into in order to provide for all of the families missing out. I believe that giving each of the 5,200 families $207 from the state's emergency reserve would be a good way to go. The amount of money that would be given away would only total around an estimated $1.07 million.
This is very interesting to me. I hadn't realized that states could simple stop giving their occupants welfare. I feel very bad for the families who had a hard time getting food. They already have a hard time and now it is even harder. I agree with Tyler giving each family $207 from the state's emergency reserve would be good just so they can get something. Maybe it doesn't even have to be that much, but they should get something.
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