The American dream is rooted in one simple principle: If you’re willing to work hard, anything is possible. It is a matter of concern that our leaders have lost sight of this. In order for our country to flourish, we cannot allow their increased handouts and their poisonous scheme of getting nothing for nothing to continue. We need to give importance to showing up and going to work.
I believe in the American dream because I have lived it. I grew up poor, lived in public housing, and watched my parents struggle every day to feed our family. My mom didn’t have much to offer to me and my siblings, so she gave us the value of hard work. I believe that any able-bodied, working-age adult who receives government benefits should be working. This means that those who receive benefits paid for in taxpayer dollars will have skin in the game and contribute to our economy.
That’s why I’m introducing the Let’s Get to Work Act. The law would end the current suspension of work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for able-bodied adults without dependents, which was put in place at the start of the pandemic. My bill would expand the current SNAP work requirements to all able-bodied adults ages 50 to 59 and parents of children 6 and under, while eliminating the “no good reason” exemption that states require for SNAP work requirements. allows bypassing. Finally, the Let’s Get to Work Act will establish work requirements for public housing provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which will apply the same standards currently in place for SNAP, as well as the new standards I outlined here, All HUD housing and tenant based rent assistance programs.
It’s simple: a job is the best thing a family can do. A job brings income, freedom and security.
Let’s talk about who is not involved in what I am proposing. Parents of children under the age of 6 who care for people with disabilities, and those over 60 will not be subject to the work requirements for federal benefits I outlined.
I am not proposing to get rid of any existing federal benefits; I am proposing to extend the grace period for parents who fail to meet work requirements from three months to six months over a period of three years and address issues such as marriage penalty so that it Make sure the household benefits remain intact as long as one spouse completes the chores. Demand.
These are propositions of common sense, but I can already hear the people on the left screaming. The same people who oppose the work requirements decided that paying people more to sit at home than to go back to work is the best way for our economy to recover from the pandemic. This was the boldest move by the Left in a government-backed war at work. So I struggled from the beginning with an amendment to the CARES Act, which Senate Democrats blocked to prevent unemployment benefits from exceeding a worker’s previous wage.
The Left is at war with what defines American excellence, and we can’t be ashamed to call out their tactics and fight their policies, no matter how ludicrous and ridiculous the screaming and shaming may be.
For the country to thrive, we need every American who can do the work to make it happen. We need more Americans to be in the game, participate in our great system, pay taxes, and not sit at home waiting for government checks. Government-run programs like Snap and Public Housing serve as a safety net for those in need. We need these programs, but we should not create a system that discourages work.
Americans want to support themselves and their families. They don’t want to rely on government handouts. It is time to get America back on track and leave the destructive social and economic policies of Joe Biden and the radical left in the past where they belong. If we’re going to save America, it’s time to get back to work.
Mr. Scott, a Republican, is a US Senator from Florida. He served as the governor from 2011–19.
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opinion | Plan to get Americans back to work
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The American dream is rooted in one simple principle: If you’re willing to work hard, anything is possible. It is a matter of concern that our leaders have lost sight of this. In order for our country to flourish, we cannot allow their increased handouts and their poisonous scheme of getting nothing for nothing to continue. We need to give importance to showing up and going to work.
I believe in the American dream because I have lived it. I grew up poor, lived in public housing, and watched my parents struggle every day to feed our family. My mom didn’t have much to offer to me and my siblings, so she gave us the value of hard work. I believe that any able-bodied, working-age adult who receives government benefits should be working. This means that those who receive benefits paid for in taxpayer dollars will have skin in the game and contribute to our economy.
That’s why I’m introducing the Let’s Get to Work Act. The law would end the current suspension of work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for able-bodied adults without dependents, which was put in place at the start of the pandemic. My bill would expand the current SNAP work requirements to all able-bodied adults ages 50 to 59 and parents of children 6 and under, while eliminating the “no good reason” exemption that states require for SNAP work requirements. allows bypassing. Finally, the Let’s Get to Work Act will establish work requirements for public housing provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which will apply the same standards currently in place for SNAP, as well as the new standards I outlined here, All HUD housing and tenant based rent assistance programs.
It’s simple: a job is the best thing a family can do. A job brings income, freedom and security.
Let’s talk about who is not involved in what I am proposing. Parents of children under the age of 6 who care for people with disabilities, and those over 60 will not be subject to the work requirements for federal benefits I outlined.
I am not proposing to get rid of any existing federal benefits; I am proposing to extend the grace period for parents who fail to meet work requirements from three months to six months over a period of three years and address issues such as marriage penalty so that it Make sure the household benefits remain intact as long as one spouse completes the chores. Demand.
These are propositions of common sense, but I can already hear the people on the left screaming. The same people who oppose the work requirements decided that paying people more to sit at home than to go back to work is the best way for our economy to recover from the pandemic. This was the boldest move by the Left in a government-backed war at work. So I struggled from the beginning with an amendment to the CARES Act, which Senate Democrats blocked to prevent unemployment benefits from exceeding a worker’s previous wage.
The Left is at war with what defines American excellence, and we can’t be ashamed to call out their tactics and fight their policies, no matter how ludicrous and ridiculous the screaming and shaming may be.
For the country to thrive, we need every American who can do the work to make it happen. We need more Americans to be in the game, participate in our great system, pay taxes, and not sit at home waiting for government checks. Government-run programs like Snap and Public Housing serve as a safety net for those in need. We need these programs, but we should not create a system that discourages work.
Americans want to support themselves and their families. They don’t want to rely on government handouts. It is time to get America back on track and leave the destructive social and economic policies of Joe Biden and the radical left in the past where they belong. If we’re going to save America, it’s time to get back to work.
Mr. Scott, a Republican, is a US Senator from Florida. He served as the governor from 2011–19.
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