Beurocrats begging Amish to be less self-reliant

[ballz2wallz]

This is just unbelievable! The fact that they practically want to force_ok 'convince_the Amish to take food stamps is amazing; they can't stand the fact that people don't need the government to survive!

Force-Feeding Entitlements
Even bureaucrats have trouble dealing with bureaucracy. Tim Taylor and Dan Jackson, food stamp managers for Holmes and Geauga counties in Ohio, are beating their heads against the wall in frustration: they're under orders from the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services to lift their counties' dismal food-stamp participation rates among a particular segment of the local population. Seems their counties are chock-full of hand-out declining Amish:

Taylor and his Holmes counterpart, Dan Jackson, called the mandate a waste of tax dollars, time and resources.

In their eyes, the directive is government bureaucracy that ignores the obvious in setting an unrealistic goal.

"No matter how much we do, the Amish won't sign up," Taylor said

Taylor and Jackson's requests that the state reconsider the mandate have so far fallen on deaf ears, and they have no choice but to move forward with a marketing campaign:

Meanwhile, the two counties will continue required efforts to market food stamps. Taylor and Jackson promised to keep the promotions low-key. They said that they feel uncomfortable pushing the program on a community that has made its opinion clear.

"We have a job to do," Jackson said. "But it's not to harass people to accept a service they've chosen not to."

[Kytro]

Pretty much. The government must be needed if it is to continue to justify growth and control

[6SpeedTA95]

Yeah this is ridiculous. Another example of the government literally trying to buy future votes.

[ballz2wallz]

Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95

Yeah this is ridiculous. Another example of the government literally trying to buy future votes.

Buy future votes? This is communism; except they're not 'forcing' them to depend on the government just yet.

[ballz2wallz]

Originally Posted by Kytro

Pretty much. The government must be needed if it is to continue to justify growth and control

I don't think the government is needed that much, personally.

[kinggovernor]

welcome to the welfare state

[lew]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

welcome to the welfare state

Welcome to the Welfare / Warfare state. The two go hand in hand.

[hsmith]

Why can't the gov't just leave people alone.

[Stylerod]

I remember something similar happening here in NC. People weren't using food stamps as much as they used to. You would think that is a great thing. But the local government panicked and even started advertising on TV on how to get them! In Prime time! Motivez probably remembers that.

Just people trying to justify their jobs I guess

[6SpeedTA95]

Originally Posted by Stylerod

I remember something similar happening here in NC. People weren't using food stamps as much as they used to. You would think that is a great thing. But the local government panicked and even started advertising on TV on how to get them! In Prime time! Motivez probably remembers that.

Just people trying to justify their jobs I guess

Politicians get nervous, namely a few democrats on this issue of handouts. This has happened in more than just NC. If people are no longer dependant on that government check then they're less likely to vote for someone that promises them more money or no cuts in benefits. So to keep their voting base they try to get more people enslaved to government subsidies at the expense of the rest of us.

[AVengeance]

welcome to the government feeding trough.

What a sick, sad state of affairs.

They do the same thing to the polygamist Mormons in UT (force their "services" on them), then go after them under welfare fraud laws.

It's just a way for the godless government to manipulate religious people so the government becomes their god.