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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Consider that the cuts to Medicaid will lead to increased healthcare costs and/or lack of healthcare facilities for everyone. Do you want to live in a country with a class of people who don’t get healthcare? It’s disgusting.[/quote]

Reverting to a work requirement of 20 hours per week for healthy non pregnamt adults is not an unreasonable burden.[/quote]

Except the vast majority on Medicaid programs are kids, elderly and disabled---people who cannot work.  [/quote]

Also, where are these 20 hour a week jobs? They aren't in every state. I know people who have been looking for months and not found something.

Also the requirement to constantly reapply will bog everything down is massive papework.

It will be a crapshow of amazing proportions.

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My kid just got a 20-hour a week job yesterday as a cashier. He applied to three places, interviewed at two, and got a job - all within biking distance of our house- with zero work experience and with a 16 year old male’s executive function capabilities.

I’m not saying that all the people who need to meet these requirements will have the same experience but it’s not an impossible thing.

I agree that the requirement to constantly reapply will be a crapshow of amazing proportions.[/quote]

You live in such a bubble. My kid got a part time job this summer at a restaurant after great effort. She applied to over 100 positions, 99% of which never responded. She tried walking into places in person and was told “apply online.” So right away there you have to have access to a computer and internet, which you understand, many poor people do not have. You could do these applications on the phone but it’s very difficult and  time consuming; every application requires creating a profile with login and password etc. When she got interviews, they were all auto generated emails that said “here are the times we can see you and if you can’t make one of these, we can’t reschedule.” No human to call or follow up with.

Once receiving the job, she finds her schedule varies wildly. The permanent workers complain because they want more shifts but the employer won’t give them because then they’d have to pay benefits, but then they can’t take another part time job because of the unpredictability of the shifts.

Also, in a six hour shift where she is on her feet moving, cleaning and carrying things constantly she gets no breaks at all; not even to go to the bathroom. Yes, Virginia law has no requirements for food or bathroom breaks, even for an 8 hour shift. Not all people who are allegedly “able bodied” could handle this day in day out. It’s like you’ve never met anyone with diabetic neuropathy, or plantar fasciitis, or Crohn’s, or uncontrolled asthma — you think the world is made up of people like your college age son?

Here’s an experiment. Take your kids bike away for a month, put him in a pair of $15 canvas shoes from Target, give him enough bus fare for 2 days and $20 for groceries tell him he has to feed himself and see how he does. He’ll have a huge leg up with no rent payments. Go ahead, I dare you.

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Cute, but here's the problem with your challenge, PP. These part time, minimum wage jobs are not and are never intended to be permanent jobs on which one can support a family. You are SUPPOSED to educate yourself, acquire skills and move up in the world. Oh, and not make poor choices that lead to too much responsibility before one is financially able to support.  [/quote]

You are delusional if you believe there is a vast pool of labor out there just ready willing and able to work a dinky part time job for a little pin money. Like you ACTUALLY believe there are enough teens, students, and I dunno, bored SAHMs who are free from the hours of 7 to 4 and late nights and weekends to staff every restaurant, retail store, and hotel — just for starters— in this country? You are ridiculous and have no credibility in this debate, because you live in a fantasy land.

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