As Assemblyman Chuck DeVore and candidate for US Senate has so aptly stated, “California, with 12 percent of the nation’s population now has 32 percent of the nation’s welfare recipients according to the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. California’s welfare rate was 7.1 times that of Texas, the next largest state – and a border state at that with large numbers of illegal immigrants.”

Further, DeVore says, “This was because, contrary to previous Democrat statements accusing the Governor of being “immoral” “vindictive” “dumb” and “petulant” with regards his proposed welfare budget, the Governor had been “remarkably consistent” in this area, calling year-after-year for welfare reforms to reduce fraud while moving welfare recipients to the dignity of a job. Every year, of course, the Democrats nix the Governor’s welfare reforms. California’s welfare burden is so high because we have the highest benefits, the easiest eligibility criteria, little fraud enforcement, and a weak and poorly enforced five year lifetime limit for welfare.”

Ken Mettler, President of the CRA states, “Public employee unions are complaining about pending reductions to their paychecks need only to look at the very legislators that they supported for public office and their incompetent stewardship of the taxpayers’ money especially with excessive welfare spending.”

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