Scott Walker presidential campaign, 2016/Federal assistance programs
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Scott Walker |
Governor of Wisconsin (2011-2019) Milwaukee County Executive (2002-2010) Wisconsin State Assembly (1993-2002) |
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- At the Voters First Forum on August 3, 2015, Scott Walker said he would consider reforming Social Security eligibility for people of his generation but “would not touch Social Security for people who are at retirement age now or near retirement.”[2]
- On July 12, 2015, Walker signed his 2015 biennial budget after making changes to how Family Care and IRIS, long-term care programs for the elderly and disabled, can operate. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The changes clear the way for Walker to establish one statewide program if he wants, instead of having it carved into regions. That would make it difficult for existing regional nonprofit entities to continue participating in the program and make it more likely that national for-profit corporations would."[3]
- Also in the 2015 biennial budget, Walker "tweaked a provision requiring some people to take drug tests to qualify for food stamps" by removing "a provision that would have required the tests to be limited to those who fall under reasonable suspicion, saying his administration shouldn't face limits on whom it sees as best fit to be screened."[3] His administration launched a lawsuit against the federal government on July 14, 2015, related to this provision. In a press release, Wisconsin attorney general Brad Schimel (R) stated "this lawsuit seeks to provide clarity that the State of Wisconsin has the authority to require drug testing for FoodShare recipients." FoodShare is the Wisconsin title for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The United States Department of Agriculture prohibited the state of Georgia from drug testing SNAP recipients in 2014.[4]
- In 2014, Walker proposed limiting the time childless adults can receive public assistance, drug-testing recipients and requiring work or work training for recipients.[5]
- In July 2013, Walker signed a bill that criminalized trafficking federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ New York Times, "Scott Walker Said to Be Quitting Run for President," September 21, 2015
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Scott Walker suggests raising age to qualify for Social Security," August 3, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Scott Walker signs state budget with 104 vetoes day before 2016 kickoff," July 12, 2015
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Scott Walker Sues Feds Over Food Stamp Drug Testing," July 15, 2015
- ↑ Friends of Scott Walker, “Continuing Wisconsin's Comeback," accessed December 11, 2014
- ↑ Office of the Governor, Scott Walker, "Governor Scott Walker Signs Bill to Prevent Food Stamp Trafficking," July 22, 2013