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Bobby Jindal on Welfare & Poverty
Republican Governor; previously Representative (LA-1)
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Cut government to reclaim American dream with good jobs
I believe in the American dream. I think President Obama's done a lot of damage to our country. I think that one of the worst things he has done is try to change the idea of
America to be one of dependence. If you want more good paying jobs, if you want the government out of your lives, we've got to cut the size of government.
Source: Fox Business/WSJ Second Tier debate
, Nov 10, 2015
Feds obliged to care for those who can't care for themselves
The biggest threat to our freedom comes when we are tempted to bargain away, little by little, the liberties other Americans have fought and died to place in our hands. When times are rough, that temptation grows. Don't get me wrong. I firmly believe
each and every one of God's children has an obligation to care for those who can't care for themselves, and the government can and should lend a hand. In Congress, I cast a few votes along those lines that irritated my fellow conservatives.
Source: Leadership and Crisis, by Bobby Jindal, p.158-159
, Nov 15, 2010
Land of the Free shouldn't become Land of the Free Lunch
We declared war on poverty more than forty years ago. We have spent trillions in fighting it. Yet the poverty rate today is basically unchanged. We've fought an expensive war on poverty and we are poorer as a nation than if we had never fired a shot.
Yet many in Washington still fell the Land of the Free should become the Land of the Free Lunch.Don't get me wrong.
I believe in some safety nets. But safety nets can, and often do, create "moral hazards" when they encourage irresponsible behavior.
It took the federal government decades to figure out that if welfare subsidizes out-of-wedlock births, you get more out-of-wedlock births! And government programs that promise us "safety" are always oversold and cost more than estimated.
Source: Leadership and Crisis, by Bobby Jindal, p.163-164
, Nov 15, 2010
Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers.
Voting YES on this amendment would add $70 million to the Section 8 housing voucher program, funding an additional 10,000 affordable housing vouchers. Proponents of the amendment say: - This amendment would enable an additional 10,000 low-income families to afford safe, decent housing.
- To offset this increase, the amendment cuts a poorly managed computer upgrade program. The committee has been very ingenious in squirreling away money in different accounts and the bill would still provide $94 million in funds for IT projects.
- We have a choice: Do we want to help thousands of families obtain affordable housing, or do we think it is more important to have a somewhat faster computer upgrade in HUD?
- Our amendment does not seek to restore the amount to the amount that the President recommended, which is $144 million more than the committee recommends, it seeks merely to restore $70 million, or about half of what the difference is to what the President recommended.
- This is less than the bare
minimum of what is needed. We have hundreds of thousands of families on waiting lists, waiting up to 10 years for decent housing for Section 8 vouchers.
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Opponents say:- The existing bill fully funds the renewal of Section 8 vouchers. Additional funds are simply not necessary.
- The cost of Section 8 vouchers are remaining constant and in some markets are actually decreasing. As such, this funding level will provide funds to restore vouchers that may have been lost in recent years.
- The proposed reduction will cause delays in critically needed efforts to modernize antiquated legacy computer systems.
Reference: Department of Housing and Urban Development appropriations;
Bill HR 5576 Amendment 1015
; vote number 2006-267
on Jun 13, 2006
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