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Strengthening Families, Protecting Life and Promoting Health > Assisting Families to Self Sufficiency > Welfare Reform
Texas should continue to reduce the number of welfare recipients by enacting tough welfare reforms; denying benefits to illegal aliens, and; and encouraging partnerships with faith based institutions, community and business organizations to assist individuals in need. The current system encouragescauses dependency on government and robs individuals and generations of healthyby discouraging motivation and self respect. Welfare reforms should require recipients to work, learn, train, and remain substance abusedrug free in exchange for. Welfare benefits not exceedingshould be limited to two years. Welfare cards should be confined to food and vital essentials, not cigarettes, lottery purchases, or alcohol or drugs of any kind. Prisoners should be removed from welfare rolls.

It is already illegal to use welfare funds for "cigarettes, lottery purchases, or alcohol or drugs of any kind." Prisoners do not get welfare.

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We believe all law-abiding citizensCitizens should be free from government surveillance of their electronic communications except in cases directly involving national security. Except for non-citizens, we furtherwhen authorized by a warrant. We oppose any national ID program, including the Real ID Act and. We oppose the use of Radio Frequency Identification Chips (RFID) on humans except for prisoners.
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Electronic communications are just a subset of the things that should be protected from unlawful surveillance. Also, national security is just one of many valid reasons why surveillance may be necessary.

RFID can be a useful way to track prisoners.

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