Monday Poll results: Readers offer their thoughts on the safety net

We asked for your opinion about efforts in Missouri and Kansas to tighten eligibility requirements for aid programs for those in need. Here are the results of the unscientific survey, based on more than 600 responses.

1) Forcing recipients of “welfare” subsidies off of aid more quickly encourages them to become self-reliant.

Strongly agree 25%

Agree 14%

Disagree 28%

Strongly disagree 34%

2) Making it too hard for parents to qualify for welfare benefits harms children.

Strongly agree 57%

Agree 16%

Disagree 16%

Strongly disagree 12%

3) Kansas did the right thing by limiting welfare recipients to withdrawing no more than $25 a day from ATM machines with their benefit cards.

Strongly agree 24%

Agree 11%

Disagree 11%

Strongly disagree 54%

4) The Kansas law that says welfare benefits can’t be spent on movies, swimming pools and other perceived luxuries goes too far.

Strongly agree 42%

Agree 16%

Disagree 11%

Strongly disagree 30%

This story was originally published April 21, 2015 at 4:53 PM with the headline "Monday Poll results: Readers offer their thoughts on the safety net."