New Law Requires Welfare Recipients To Submit Sweat To Prove How Hard They’re Looking For Job

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WASHINGTON— In an effort to ensure that those on welfare are actively seeking employment, a new law enacted this week will require recipients of federal aid to periodically submit vials of sweat for measurement by government officials. “We want to make sure that our resources are allocated only to those who are deserving of assistance, which is why all welfare recipients must now prove they have exerted themselves past the point of perspiration during their job searches,” said United States Department of Labor representative Elizabeth Bronson, who added that each month, in order to collect benefit checks, welfare recipients will have to wring out their sweat into official government vials before mailing them in for analysis. “These new stipulations will guarantee that people on welfare are out there every day hitting the streets trying to find employment, working up a good sweat, and not returning home at night until beads of perspiration are dripping off of them.” According to reports, Congress is also considering a law that would require those receiving food stamps to send in recordings of their family’s stomachs growling.

 

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I totally could’ve read this on a legit news account and would only be kind of surprised.

Where my republicans at

Are tears an acceptable substitute?

😂😂😂😂

You wish Onion

Still wouldn't be able to convince some people.

'Did you bullsh!t last week?' 'Did you *try* to bullsh!t last week?...' StandUpPhilosopher BeaArthur HistoryOfTheWorld

American be so busy telegraphing their unwillingness to govern themselves I just hope a willing host country speaks up soon to volunteer its services

measure your shoe insoles

Yikes

George Constanza would fail. Seinfeld jerryseinfeld

They should require bootstraps to prove how hard they're pulling themselves up

The Onion seems to have become a think tank for the GOP 🤦‍♂️

You mean Reagan didn't already introduce this back in the 80s?

Damit Onion, quit giving right wingers ideas/

Do tears count?

More stupid ...

I could not stay hydrated enough.

Pretty Funny... Democrat Welfare Recipients... Are Not Required to Work ... in New York, California not Massachusetts... California has over 30% of Our Country’s Welfare Population

AusUnemployment we're likely only a flinch away from this, aren't we? auspol raisetherate mutualobligationsmyarse

Meanwhile, the workers at the welfare office be like:

It is now common in NYC, for families receiving 'welfare', to own a fleet of cars, because a car is personal property & does not count as an 'assert' according to the wacko rules written apparently by car salesmen, & loan officers doing business in NYC. Some official got greased.

Poverty is nothing to be made fun of! 98% of our citizens are poor here in NYC & to be middle class now requires a gross income north of $350,000 p.a. Unless you are grossing $200 per hour you are absolutely not qualified to be a NYC 'homeowner'. Handyman specials sell for $800 K

Im not on government assistance, but they still have me do that. Pretty standard practice I guess.

I want some welfare and have the sweat to prove it... 😎

This should keep them honest.

If i ever got something that looked like that in the mail I'd call the FBI 💣

What's wrong with the drug test idea? I have to take drug tests at my job. Dafuq...

I sweat all day, whatever I end up doing.

Seems legit.

Mine will be an empty bottle.

Or from crossing the border with kidnapped children? Fund it.

To what limits would these ppl go to suppress the poor⁉️all kinds of stupid things -tracking a woman’s monthly period-now measuring sweat⁉️Whats next⁉️counting farts‼️🙄

gone with the stink

Sad thing is, I actually believed it might be real for a second before I looked up and saw the source. That's how bad conservatives have gotten...

It must be so hard to do your jobs these days. I’m more than 75% sure that some bureaucrats have seriously debated this behind closed doors.

Don't give the Republicans any new ideas!

Mail directly to Moscow Mitch please.

🤣

Somewhere, 300 republicans just nutted

Next thing you know they’ll have to press A B A C A B B before submitting it

Would work better than the Republican “plan” of making welfare recipients pee in a cup.

Or maybe a drug test... wasn’t that actually a thing there for a while? Dystopian fake news will be reality soon if we’re not careful! 👿

You mean Republicans haven’t thought to implement this yet?

Nice

delete this before you give the UK Conservative party ideas.

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