State House Republican members of a new group called the Common Sense Caucus yesterday put forward a package of bills designed to reform the Pennsylvania welfare system.
In a group statement, they outlined four key principles for their work…accountability and transparency, regulatory reform, targeting budget cost drivers, and academic programming that includes options to every career path.
Chris Dush, whose 66th District includes a portion of Indiana County, say the aim of welfare should be to put people in position to get a solid job. He is especially concerned that young people are getting the wrong idea of what welfare is, pointing out that school administrators say some students have been taught that a lifetime of receiving welfare is better than actually getting a job.
Among the package of reforms is a bill to require work from welfare recipients and another encouraging business to hire them. There is also a bill that seeks to prevent welfare recipients from getting benefits in more than one state, and to stop people from collecting benefits using the names of deceased people. A key focus of the Common Sense Caucus is requiring legislative oversight of the welfare system.
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