Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at Covenant Community Care in New York.
The hard-fought welfare reform agreement struck by President Bill Clinton and a Republican-led Congress in 1996 is being gutted by the Department of Health and Human Services, according to Republicans. The department has quietly notified states that they may seek a waiver for the program's strick work requirements. The HHS made the announcement in a policy memo Thursday. A few prominent GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill picked up on the change, and accused the administration of overhauling one of the most important bipartisan agreements of the past several decades.
Should that be a surprise that an executive cabinet can change one of the basic requirements of the welfare reform law back in 1996? President Obama believes he has the right to create laws out of fiat, or an executive order. Nullifying laws passed by Congress in the past means nothing to President Obama. He wouldn't like it if Republicans were trying to do anything to strike down Obamacare. Consequently, anything that fulfills President Obama's socialist agenda is fine with him and his socialist liberals.
What's even more tragic is that Republicans aren't holding the president accountable for anything. They present their talking points that this is an outrage but they won't hold the president accountable. The GOP-led House is worthless.
Don't be surprised that the HHS is striking down the provision which would require welfare recipients to be working in order to qualify for welfare benefits. This is backwards from the direction our nation should be going concerning welfare. However, this is what the administration desires because it places more people on the government dole. It will help strengthen his base when it comes to this November's election.
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