Posts tagged Welfare

Rep. Richard Hanna (R) was recently caught in what signifies a microcosm of his entire campaign.  Just two short days after his team released a self-approved video touting …

A report by The Blaze indicates that food stamp usage by military families has sharply increased since President Obama came into office.  In 2013, roughly …

Last week, a bombshell report released by the non-partisan CBO indicates that Obamacare will kill roughly 2 million full-time jobs by the year 2017.  Only a …

Yesterday, the State Senate passed a measure that would bar the use of Electronic Cash Benefit cards used by welfare recipients in New York State in purchases of …

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) finally has a solution to a welfare epidemic that has ballooned under President Obama … just rename it as a “transitional …

In the summer of 2012, legislation passed in the New York senate sought to curb spending by welfare recipients on such frivolous items as casino …

In August, for the first time ever, the number of individuals not participating in the labor force has rocketed past 90.4 million people.  Now we’re …

A new 36-page e-book, purports to guide “undocumented immigrants” through the many numerous manners in which they can receive free government cell phones.  Otherwise known …

Guess who pays for this program?  Legitimate cell phone customers.  In other words, you and I. The federal ‘free’ cell phone scheme for low-income individuals …

Well, I certainly didn’t believe it when I saw it. Given a list of eight factors to vote on, Americans chose “too much welfare” as …

Last week we wrote: New York Post columnist Cindy Adams wrote this random thought today – “Where did the Boston suspects get such money? To …

New York Post columnist Cindy Adams wrote this random thought today – “Where did the Boston suspects get such money? To travel . . . …

During the Republican primaries, Newt Gingrich was accused of using racial overtones by referring to President Obama as the “Food Stamp President”. Apparently both facts …

WNYT in Albany, New York has profiled Sarah Fish, a local business owner who managed to use food stamps to get her life back on …

Jon Gabriel at FreedomWorks has a fascinating article up about the welfare state in America, analyzing if a person should even bother to work anymore, …

There’s a joke in here somewhere, I just know it.  But this report doesn’t put me in a jovial mood. Via CNS News: New York and …

Turns out, accusations that the President has gutted the welfare reform enacted by Bill Clinton and a Republican congress in 1996, is true. After suspending …

Speaking at a forum on immigration last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had a series of statements that came across as … well …

This was originally posted by the fabulously talented Maggie Thurber over at Thurber’s Thoughts.  Please go visit her site… If you rely only upon the …

‘Cause everybody knows, the more people that are on food stamps, the more likely they are going to vote for the guy who gives them …

A bipartisan bill passed by a 56 – 3 vote in the New York Senate yesterday, seeks to curb spending by welfare recipients on such …

Maybe the unemployed should vote for Romney in order to have a shot at getting a paying job. Via the Washington Examiner: Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Penn., …

Alternate headline:  Congressional Budget Office Gets All Racist on President Obama. ‘Cause, you know, it’s racist to call him the Food Stamp President… Via the …