Democrat Sheheen: food stamp recipients' jobs are not real, should not count

Democrats have capitalized on welfare
 for generations. It is angering the media and
Sheheen that a Republican woman is beating
him by lessening the amount of welfare.

Sheheen doesn't like numbers, accuses Gov. Haley of "lying."

Vincent Sheheen, Democrat candidate for S.C.governor, is implying people who work, and are on food stamps should not count. 

He diminished the contributions of people who cannot find a full time job, in an economy that has been bad since President Barack Obama took office in 2009.

“What counts as employment at the Department of Social Services is not even a real full-time job,” Sheheen told reporters in Columbia Wednesday (according to The State newspaper.) Sheheen said “some former welfare recipients are counted as success stories but earn so little that they still need assistance.”

But all families, and the people of South Carolina, have been struggling in the Obama-conomy. Just because you have a hard time making it now, does not mean you don't count.

Sheheen's comments are purely political. The State newspaper, a Sheheen advocate, admitted he “is hoping to make (Gov. Nikki) Haley’s management of Social Services a key issue in their November rematch for governor.”

What is angering Sheheen and The State is that Haley is counting those who find any work, as better off than receiving a check for doing nothing. Some work, but still need food stamps. The State and Sheheen do not think they should be counted.

The State and Sheheen don't like the fact that “Food stamp recipients qualify as welfare-to-work successes at Social Services if they find a job that pays at least the federal hourly minimum wage of $7.25.”

But work is work. No matter how little it pays, it helps the employee with self-esteem and confidence issues.

Reporting it as some sort of “Smoking Gun” The State said: Social Services confirmed Wednesday that some of the 24,859 people that it counts as welfare-to-work success stories still might qualify for food stamps, one form of welfare assistance.”

It should not matter what the job is, it should count, no matter if Democrats and The State protest.