Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

The second situation I have seen was a parent of an older child where they had other young children in the home. Older child went to live with other parent, changing the $ dynamics. The parent was struggling and could not do it all with the young kids in the house. #mepolitics

It is my belief that though there may be societal punishments for not being a functional member of society if you have the capacity, we should not be levying those punishments on the tools needed TO BECOME a functional member of society. #mepolitics

Part of a hand up is making sure that we aren't creating a trap where people can only ask for a hand out because they have lost their ability to participate in our society. This is irresponsible legislation. #mepolitics

Rigid rules for people on the very edge of survival is not the way to go...& if you are heartless enough to believe I am wrong, it's also not fiscally prudent. If you want to increase the rates people turn to drugs & end up in jails we pay for, cut off their food. #mepolitics

Spend some time in one of our county jails. Talk to the people there. Ask what has pushed them into life choices ending in incarceration. Mental health issues, poverty, food insecurity, self-medication/addiction will top the list. #mepolitics

It costs us less AND saves our humanity to not impose work requirements on basics like food, mental health treatment, and housing. /end soap box #mepolitics