Reply #9: Some safety net! [View All]

Although the stories at present are anecdotal because the states with the worst laws are avoiding keeping records on them, those of us who pay attention to such things are hearing of women losing their kids because they've lost their jobs and homes, of women and kids on the street because the crap jobs they can get when they get off welfare don't pay enough for housing, of real hunger out there and an increasing demand for services to families reported at food banks across the country.

The Draconian cuts in welfare to abandoned families may have saved Uncle Sugar a pittance, but the cost in human terms is mounting and increasingly tragic as the economy for working people continues to sour.

Compassionate conservatism, my ass.