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[NeoXChaos]

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=ykem0hye

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Obama administration has agreed to Gov. John Bel Edwards' request to waive work requirements for thousands of food stamp recipients who were threatened with the loss of benefits.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture notified the Edwards administration Wednesday about the approval. Former Gov. Bobby Jindal allowed the waiver to expire last year.

The work requirements were supposed to launch Jan. 1 for adults ages 18 to 49 without children. To receive food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, or SNAP, those adults would have to work at least 20 hours per week or be enrolled in a federally approved job training program.

Edwards sought a one-year extension of the waiver. The USDA granted it retroactively to Dec. 1.

 

[Slayven]

He can't keep getting away with it

 

[HylianTom]

Silly fake, centrist, corporate Democrats. Not a damn bit of difference.

*harrumph*

 

[Mudcrab]

Thank god for David Vitter, without him none of this would be possible.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

I remember the election thread people were shitting all over the guy just for not being to the left of Noam Chomsky in Louisiana of all places.

 

[WedgeX]

Brought Medicaid and continued expanded food assistance to Louisiana residents within the first...what? Week?

You've got yourself a winner, Louisiana-GAF.

 

[Tesseract]

awesome job, naysayers can honestly go fuck themselves

 

[ivysaur12]

Both parties are the same and voting is stupid.

I remember the election thread people were shitting all over the guy just for not being to the left of Noam Chomsky in Louisiana of all places.

For those curious: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1143965&highlight=john+bel+edwards

 

[Slayven]

Crats buying votes again with food and basic medical services......

Honestly this is worse than slavery

 

[NeoXChaos]

Silly fake, centrist, corporate Democrats. Not a damn bit of difference.

*harrumph*

Edwards has done more for us in 2 days then Jindal ever did in all his 8 years.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Edwards has done more for us in 2 days then Jindal ever did in all his 8 years.

The error here is assuming Jindal believed the purpose of government was to things for people

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Crats buying votes again with food and basic medical services......

Honestly this is worse than slavery

Bet these freeloaders even have a refrigerator..

 

[massoluk]

Oh right, Jindal finally got the fuck out off the office. Grats Louisiana.

 

[Box of Kittens]

Both parties are the same and voting is stupid.

Remember when South Park compared voting to choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich? That was totally so funny and true.

 

[ivysaur12]

Remember when South Park compared voting to choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich? That was totally so funny and true.

It's so true I'd like to ask these 300,000 Louisianans about which douche they'd pick.

 

[Grover]

 

[Box of Kittens]

It's so true I'd like to ask these 300,000 Louisianans about which douche they'd pick.

Yeah, but, I mean if you ignore all the parts where it actually impacts real people's lives, man.

 

[Wellscha]

What ever happened to former gov Jinder Mahal plans?

 

[ibyea]

Silly fake, centrist, corporate Democrats. Not a damn bit of difference.

*harrumph*

The democrats are centrist and corporate. But at least they try to govern and do some good stuff.