House Republican Calls For Social Welfare Spending Freeze Once Economy Recovers

By Kaeun Yu

During remarks at the Heritage Foundation Thursday, Rep.  Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) advocated freezing social welfare spending once the unemployment rate improves.

“When there’s tough economic times, the social spending picks up,” Jones said. “When we get out of those tough economic times, the social spending just stays there and continues to grow.”

The freeze would be incased via a piece of legislation entitled the Spending Reduction Act. It would ultimately bring social down spending to 2007 levels and then keep it there.