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RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF fAa^cv, Sfafel SUPPORTING WELFARE STABIUZATION IN THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO RESOLVE. Ifia! our nation reform and stabilize federal and state welfare benefits: WHEREAS, Oty and county gouamrwm wrt govOTmtnl luntdctions that pfovida sooai services to peooit and depends on tax revenue from federal and state govemmenis to provide these mandated services county government budgets afloeiAe n«rty 40% of revenue on w^are and other pubfec asstmee programs requvmg efficient manage me nt of tax monies; and VVKREAS. moderate income taxpayers pay the mafortfy of the taxes for these programs, not the weatthy. for example. w\ Fiscal Yaar 1991 the Aid to Families With Dependent Children program cost S20 CXD CXX) CXX) provided to 21 000000 reopiefits over 8% of our natxxi s population and WHEREAS, we lfare fraud m Califoma has cost taxpayers $750 000 000 arviually: Los Angeles County implemented a FfNGERPRtNVNG PROGRAM for General Relief recipients m July 1901 that SAVED TAXPAYERS $5 400000 or 56 PERCENT of program costs m sa months- MORE MONEY WAS GOtNG TO FRAUDULENT CASES THAN LEGtTIMATE ONES and the Lot Angeles County annual heallh cart budget is $2 500 000.000, about 67% of recipients are unemployed, the abte^-bodied patients should be given top pnonty and encouragement for job placement; arxj WHEREAS, state govOTment dworce laws alow convenient quicH OissoMk of mamage Jling m widasprMd financially impovenshed single parents and children the ag gre gate amount of child support due to Ame« i-an mothers m 1909 was $16 3 billion but they received only 69% of that amount- $11 200 000 000, the remainmg $5,100,000,000 has to be paid each year by private ir>dtviduftis or the taxpayer, and WHEREAS deadbeat facers and mothers delinquent in court-ordered spouse and children financial support has been so neglectful that government -run programs are necessary to collect and distribute morwy. mandating expensive programs paid by taxpayers convenient divorce laws did not solve all family social problems but initiated a new era of finarKial deperxJence on government (other taxpayers) and poverty which has been detnmertal to our society WHEREAS a growirig number of unmamed illegitimate parents able to wodi are not held financiaHy responsibte for the support of their children and are eligible for public assistarKe but government makes the wortong taxpayer responsible for these children and WHEREAS, illegal alien mothers-lo-be cross our national borders are permitted to have their babies at local hospitals; our law automaticatly provides citcenship to the bat)y and the parents are immediately eligible for welfare benefits Amencans who sponsor legal immigrants promised to keep them off public assistance but cannot be held accountable by our court system if receiving benefits as a result m 1992 over 6CD 000 immigrants received unearned fedeiai supplemental security income, and WHEREAS government public policy is misplaced when it encourages permanent rekance on tax-supported public services, housing, and health rather than promoting our trao»t»on of independence and self-sufficiency THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED, that the iname of orga ni^ationj has voted in favor of the adoption of logical, coherent, federal and state welfare stabilization legislation that wiH a) Stabilize cost of social services by denying citizenship to those who entered illegalty. b) Establish sensible public policy and enforcement of eligibility for public assistance programs c) Require hf^gerprintlng of welfare recipients to prevent fraud d) Establish tamper-proof cards for woiliing. voting and receiving bef>ertts with fingerprint and photograph Identification as exist in France Germany Sweden Italy and Mexico. e) Initiate national registry of births and deaths to protect government against fraud in issuance of cards. f) Require fingerprinting and social security numbers of both father and mother be placed on their child ’s birth certtficale to ensure financial accountabiury g) Require flnarKial support of immigrants common law spouses, legai spouses and all children resulting from these unions BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body supports HR 1010 and HR 3500 (Michel R-IL) with 160 co-sponsofs m 39 states the Welfare Reform Act in the House of Representatives and corres pondmg legislation in the Senate and at the state level and encourages other organizations in the nation to support welfare reform and stabilization BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the marne of organization) is hereby directed to disseminate copies of this resolution to President Clinton Vice President Gore forrrer Presidents Ford Carter Reagan and Bush former Vice Presidents Mondale and Quayle U 5 Senators _______________ U S Congressmembers ------------------------------- Governor ______Governor _________________________ Slate Senators ________________ State Representatives Chambers of Commerce National League of Counties, (state) League of Counties. National League of Cities (state) League of Cities and other organizations m the state PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS DAY OF 1995. Clerk KANSAS THOMAS CO NEBRASKA DIXON CO GRANT CO FNe Agencies SuDDorllna R9i 05f23S4 1994-14 05/17.04 (J6/1G94 05394 52 President onn OHIO WILLOWICK (Lake Co ) 12X»94 SOUTH DAKOTA FAULK CO C6JC9/94 SP MOTN 1002