Trump Official Declares Welfare Has Become 'a Lifestyle' in the US, Pushes for 'Able-Bodied Adults' to Work

Trump Official Declares Welfare Has Become 'a Lifestyle' in the US, Pushes for 'Able-Bodied Adults' to Work

HUD Secretary Scott Turner defended new work requirements by claiming welfare has become "a lifestyle" for many Americans.

Trump admin officials pen op-ed describing welfare restrictions as an ‘opportunity’

Administration claims work restrictions will boost labor force participation and save money

Trump Team: If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must

Congress must ensure that able-bodied working-age Americans stop abusing the welfare system, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy and three other leaders of the Trump administration. Kennedy, along with Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, wrote a Wednesday opinion column in The New York Times t…

Trump officials pen NYT op-ed defending loss of welfare benefits as an 'opportunity'

On Wednesday morning, the New York Times handed over space on the editorial page to allow members of Donald Trump's cabinet to pitch the idea that being booted off welfare is the "opportunity" of a lifetime.Under a headline that bluntly stated, "Trump Leadership: If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must," Trump inner circle members Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Mehmet Oz, Brooke Rollins and Scott Turner insisted there are too many "able-bodied" A…

Welfare & Work: What Does This Mean? - The MortgagePoint

In an opinion piece published in The New York Times, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture (Ag) Secretary Brooke Rollins, and U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz discussed the importance of work requirements in bolstering economies, safeguarding tho…

Rollins, Kennedy, Oz, and Turner Publish New York Times Opinion Piece “If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must” - Oklahoma Farm Report

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins published a joint opinion piece in the New York Times pushing for work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). She was joined in writing the opinion piece by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, and Department of