Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Welfare rules discourage marriage, Brownback says

Welfare rules discourage marriage, Brownback says - KansasCity.com

TOPEKA | Kansas Gov.-elect Sam Brownback promised to attack rules for welfare programs that he said discourage marriage as he announced two appointments Monday to social services jobs in his Cabinet.

Brownback said his administration would work to strengthen families and support healthy marriages, and he sees changing the rules for social services as a key issue.

He said many participants face losing benefits if they get married, so they remain unwed to avoid having their incomes combined to determine whether they're eligible for benefits. But at least one social service advocate questioned that statement, saying she had not heard of such a problem in Kansas.



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2 comments:

  1. It is not just people who are married. Divide and conquer is the first rule of war.

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  2. Yes, you are completely right. The monster's tore my daughter's marriage apart, like so many other's.

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