Welfare Increase In Scamulus Bill?

Via Instapundit, Boehner is said to have put out an alert over a potential roleback in Welfare Reform included in the stimulus package. This below is from page 608 of the pdf file. The way it reads to me, the State gets more money as its caseloads increase quarter over quarter. It could be argued this is an incentive to grow caseloads.

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 0 the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the ‘Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs’ (in this subsection referred to as
the ‘Emergency Fund’).
15 ‘‘(2) DEPOSITS INTO FUND.—
16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in
17 the Treasury of the United States not otherwise
18 appropriated, there are appropriated for fiscal
19 year 2009, $3,000,000,000 for payment to the
20 Emergency Fund.
21 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FUNDS.—
22 The amounts appropriated to the Emergency
23 Fund under subparagraph (A) shall remain
24 available through fiscal year 2010 and shall be
25 used to make grants to States in each of fiscal
609
1 years 2009 and 2010 in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (3).
3 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—In no case may the
4 Secretary make a grant from the Emergency
5 Fund for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2010.
6 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—
7 ‘‘(A) GRANT RELATED TO CASELOAD IN8
CREASES.—
9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar
10 quarter in fiscal year 2009 or 2010, the
11 Secretary shall make a grant from the
12 Emergency Fund to each State that—
13 ‘‘(I) requests a grant under this
14 subparagraph for the quarter; and
15 ‘‘(II) meets the requirement of
16 clause (ii) for the quarter.
17 ‘‘(ii) CASELOAD INCREASE REQUIRE18
MENT.—A State meets the requirement of
19 this clause for a quarter if the average
20 monthly assistance caseload of the State
21 for the quarter exceeds the average month22
ly assistance caseload of the State for the
23 corresponding quarter in the emergency
24 fund base year of the State.

Comments

[Fred Beloit]

It seems either our President has a very short memory or he is a liar:

"Obama says inaction could make crisis irreversible
By Klaus Marre
Posted: 01/08/09 11:54 AM [ET]

President-elect Obama on Thursday said only the government can bring the nation's economy out of its slump and urged quick action on his stimulus plan before the crisis becomes irreversible.

“We should have an open and honest discussion about this recovery plan in the days ahead, but I urge Congress to move as quickly as possible on behalf of the American people,” Obama said in a speech at George Mason University in Virginia. “For every day we wait or point fingers or drag our feet, more Americans will lose their jobs. More families will lose their savings. More dreams will be deferred and denied. And our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse.”"

From CNN transcript of Obama's night press conference:
" Question: Thank you, Mr. President. Earlier today in Indiana, you said something striking. You said that this nation could end up in a crisis without action that we would be unable to reverse.

Can you talk about what you know or what you're hearing that would lead you to say that our recession might be permanent when others in our history have not? And do you think that you risk losing some credibility or even talking down the economy by using dire language like that?

Obama: No, no, no, no. I think that what I've said is what other economists have said across the political spectrum, which is that, if you delay acting on an economy of this severity, then you potentially create a negative spiral that becomes much more difficult for us to get out of."

The untruth: "No, no, no, no..."
The truth: "Yes, yes, yes, yes. So what?"
T

[Lala]

I picked this up on freerepublic - in part -

"We’re coming down to the wire on this Pelosi/Reid/Obama trillion dollar spending bill and I'm asking you to join me at a rally in Richmond tomorrow to put pressure on our two Virginia senators -- Mark Warner and Jim Webb.

And beyond just putting pressure on these two senators to vote NO, by attending the rally you'll send a message to the media in attendance that there is a strong, energized grassroots movement rallying against the big government, pork barrel politics in Washington, DC.

Here are the details on the NoStimulus event:

When: Tomorrow, Tuesday February 10, 2:00pm EST Where: Richmond, Virginia on the grounds of the historic State Capitol (next to belltower, to be exact) Address: 9th St and Grace St, Richmond, VA Parking: Plenty of parking is available within a block of the State Capitol grounds

For more info: Call our national Americans for Prosperity offices at 202-349-5880 or reply back to this email.

Please email me at tphillips@afp-mail.com to let me know you can attend."