The Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, a predominantly Black section of the city, was one of the few northern areas that in the early 60’s,…
Wisconsin lawmakers want to screen public aid recipients for use of illegal drugs and block their purchase of junk food under measures passed Wednesday by…
In a sweeping welfare reform measure designed to teach recipients to spend responsibly, Kansas Republican Governor Sam Brownback on Thursday signed a law that bans…
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Friday that creates a drug-testing program for adult welfare recipients who are suspected of using drugs. The…
Evidence Octomom scammed tax payers is growing faster than Lauren Silverman’s belly … after authorities turned up more proof of possible welfare fraud … thanks to pay stubs from her freaky job. TMZ broke the story … the L.A. County of Welfare and Fraud Dept opened an investigation against Octo — seizing her financial records […]
Not that cable news culture and George W. Bush‘s political career aren’t strong enough indicators of this factoid, but I can always count on a…
Rock star and noted conspiracy theorist Ted Nugent (pictured) predicated that if President Barack Obama won re-election, he would either be dead or in jail.…
Ramie Grimmer, the daughter of Rachelle Grimmer the woman who killed herself and shot her two children after being denied welfare at a benefits office in Laredo, Texas has died from her wounds. Before she died Ramie Grimmer posted “May Die 3day on her Facebook page. The New York Daily News reports: Her 10-year-old brother, […]
LAREDO, Texas — A mother who had been denied welfare benefits killed herself and shot her two children after a seven-hour standoff at a government social services office, police said. The children, a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, were in critical condition Tuesday, Laredo police investigator Joe Baeza said. The standoff began around 5 […]
NEW YORK- Mr. EBT, a rapper who had a viral hit video for his song “Swipe Your EBT,” is defending himself after conservative critics have claimed he is glorifying welfare. Popular conservative blogger Matt Drudge and several other conservative websites have called him someone “leeching off society.” A New Low? “Its Free Swipe Yo EBT” […]
Researchers at the University of Missouri recently released a study that claims couples receiving government assistance are more prone to divorce. According to the study among couples in the same income bracket, those receiving government assistance experience lower rates of positive bonding, commitment to their spouses and overall satisfaction in their marriages. Dr. Schramm, a […]
Since the early 1960s, federally-funded food stamps have subsidized America’s food insecurity problem, providing support for some 17 million people in the last year alone. As the program has grown in recent years, everyone from farmer’s markets to fast food chains are vying for a slice of the $65 billion, as more people are demanding […]
