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Washington D.C., Aug 15, 2012 \/ 01:57 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A Catholic social justice lobby that describes itself as \u201ca progressive voice within the Catholic community\u201d is asking Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to spend a day with those who serve the poor but it will not be extending a similar invitation to President Obama.<\/p>\n

\tRecent advertisements by Romney\u2019s campaign in support of work requirements for welfare benefits show that he is \u201cout of touch with the very difficult struggles of working-poor families,\u201d said Network communications coordinator Stephanie Niedringhaus, explaining the reason for the group's response.<\/p>\n

\tHowever, she told CNA, the organization is not issuing a similar invitation to President Obama, despite recent statements from his campaign indicating that he also supports a work requirement for welfare.<\/p>\n

\tOn August 8, Network issued a press release inviting Romney to \u201cspend a day with Catholic Sisters who work every day to meet the needs of struggling families in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tNiedringhaus said that the offer extended to Romney was a specific response to \u201cthe ad he endorsed regarding welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Romney campaign released two advertisements on welfare in the days preceding the press release.<\/p>\n

\tThe first ad explained that \u201cwork for welfare\u201d was part of a bipartisan welfare reform effort signed by President Bill Clinton. It cited concerns that without such requirements, recipients of welfare could receive federal funding indefinitely without working or training for a job.<\/p>\n

\tThe second ad expanded on the first, showing footage of Democrats who supported the bill, including former President Bill Clinton, who described is as a way to help people \u201cstop drawing a welfare check and start drawing a paycheck,\u201d and U.S. Senator John Kerry, who called the legislation \u201can important change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe ads accused Obama of taking actions that weakened the work requirement in the welfare system.<\/p>\n

\tNeither of the ads included statements by Romney on welfare, nor did they include any speculation on the motives of people who apply for welfare.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tBut Niedringhaus said that the ads show that Romney thinks \u201cpeople are poor because they are lazy, unwilling to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tResponding to the advertisements, White House press secretary Jay Carney said on August 9 that the president is actually attempting to strengthen work requirements for welfare.<\/p>\n

\tIn addition, a post on the White House blog insisted that \u201cno one wants to waive or dismantle the work requirement\u201d in the welfare system, but rather, that the Obama administration is seeking to \u201cmaintain a strong work requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFurthermore, Vice President Joe Biden was shown in one of the ads as supporting work requirements for welfare when the original law was passed during his time in the Senate.<\/p>\n

\tHowever, Niedringhaus said that Network has no plans to extend a similar invitation to President Obama or Vice President Biden.<\/p>\n

\tAsked to respond to the White House blog post indicating that Obama shares Romney\u2019s support for work requirements, she responded, \u201cThe issue is that the ad was wrong,\u201d adding that it was \u201cdishonest\u201d about Obama\u2019s record.<\/p>\n

\tUnemployment rates under the Obama administration have consistently remained above eight percent, and a Census Bureau report last year revealed that the number of Americans living in poverty was the highest it had been in more than half a century.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tNiedringhaus acknowledged that Network is \u201cconcerned about unemployment and poverty rates.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHowever, she stated, the Obama administration\u2019s policies \u201cdo more to help people rise out of poverty\u201d than the alternatives endorsed by Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan.<\/p>\n

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