Hey remember yesterday, when the GOP proudly bitchslapped people who were receiving assistance for luxuries like food? That’s right, the GOP House of Representatives fast tracked House Bills 4409 and 4410, which will end assistance for “a minimum of 13,000 families and some 25,000 children.” Well, the Michigan Catholic Conference has something to say about that,
“The impact of the bills that passed the Legislature today will be felt by poor and vulnerable Michigan residents and children for years to come,” said Tom Hickson, Michigan Catholic Conference Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy. ”It is unfortunate that the House chose to ship these bills to the Governor rather than send them to conference committee in order for elected officials and the public to engage in a much-needed conversation of how the legislation will affect destitute persons – most critically the thousands of children whose parents rely on state benefits.”
…“It is highly unfortunate and counter-productive to the state’s future economy for the Legislature to casually dismiss the economic reality of thousands of Michigan children.”
The Michigan Catholic Conference is the policy arm for the Catholic Church in Michigan. The Conference contacted the House of Representatives in late July to ask for thoughtful deliberation of these two bills.
The number of children who will be impacted, and the importance this state places on caring for vulnerable children (the MiDashboard includes a ‘children in poverty category’) demands a more thorough discussion of the bills than what took place in the State Senate.”
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