Rhode Island Votes Forum

Introduced in the Senate on February 6, 2008, to create a government Supportive Services Program that would provide subsidies for rent, daily living skill training, counseling and other forms of welfare benefit; bill does not appropriate any money

The vote was 33 in favor, 0 opposed and 5 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 0 at Senate Journal 0)

Click here to view bill details.

First they create a new welfare program handing over $500k in taxpayer money to homeless bums. The program is a socialist's fantasy, authorizing busibody bureaucrats to micromanage these poor slobs' lives in half a dozen ways. But wait a sec . . . Oops! The state is broke - we don't have half a million to spend on welfare for bums (might have to take it out of legislator salaries, God forbid). I know! Let's create the progam anyway - that way we get to go home and brag about how "compassionate" we are - but not appropriate any money for it! The ignorant voters will never know, the lazy media will never tell them, and Lord knows neither will we. Like I said, I love this bill! It captures the dishonesty and the intrusiveness of the legislative class in all its sliminess.

10 to 1 they come back next year for funding. Or worse, we have a judge mandate funding.

I don't see House Bill 7874 - the Mayoral Academies. Why?

Mayoral Academy legislation is H7874 but may not be online yet. This website is under construction - scheduled for September.

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 "The bill does not appropriate any money."

Wait.