http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/welfare/ en-us Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:48:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047626/posts For Some Ohioans, Even Meat Is Out Of Reach by Yuki Noguchi All Things Considered, July 17, 2008 · A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez's family was built on cars. Her father worked at General Motors for 45 years before retiring. Her mother taught driver's education. Nunez and her six siblings grew up middle class. Things have changed considerably for this Ohio family. Nunez's van broke down last fall. Now, her 19-year-old daughter has no reliable transportation out of their subsidized housing complex in Fostoria, 40 miles south of Toledo, to look for a job. Nunez and most... NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047626/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:48:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047868/posts All Things Considered, July 17, 2008 · A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez's family was built on cars. Her father worked at General Motors for 45 years before retiring. Her mother taught driver's education. Nunez and her six siblings grew up middle class. Things have changed considerably for this Ohio family........(excerpted) www.npr.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047868/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047896/posts Feeling The Economic Pinch For Some Ohioans, Even Meat Is Out Of Reach by Yuki Noguchi Katia Dunn/NPR Angelica Hernandez (left) and her mother, Gloria Nunez, struggle to make ends meet on a very limited budget. All Things Considered, July 17, 2008 · A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez's family was built on cars. Her father worked at General Motors for 45 years before retiring. Her mother taught driver's education. Nunez and her six siblings grew up middle class. Things have changed considerably for this Ohio family. Nunez's van broke down last fall. Now, her 19-year-old daughter has... NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047896/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045195/posts Maryland can't find any kids to eat free SCHOOL lunches during the SUMMER. One genius said, "We would go into alleys and hand out fliers about the program." Maybe they should check the dumpsters, landfills, and junkyards too. Or maybe the kids are just eating lunch at home. Undaunted, liberals will keep trying like hell to throw our money away. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045195/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:50:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041910/posts RUSUTSU, Japan – The Group of Eight rich nations, meeting here to discuss global challenges from inflation to climate change, immediately faced more basic problems on Monday: Can they agree on anything significant, and will they follow through on any commitments? The question was highlighted on the summit's first day, which focused on Africa. Discussions appeared to produce no clear progress on aid to the continent -- and it appeared that the G-8 would only start to fix its aid promises next year. The G8 took up African development in a big way at the 2005 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland,... WSJ Opinion Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041910/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:06:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041312/posts Even million-dollar housing vouchers bring crime to the suburbs. ___ What if Section 8 housing voucher recipients were given $15 million vouchers, good for use in Malibu or Beverly Hills? The only question would be whether it would take a full five seconds for elite support for this federal housing program—which provides welfare families with a monthly rental check to move from ghettos to more stable working-class neighborhoods—to evaporate. The gorgeous sea-and-mountain community of Topanga Canyon, just south of Malibu, may have gotten a little taste of what such an experiment in serious social engineering might look like. In 2000,... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041312/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 02:48:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040357/posts Food inflation is hitting everyone - even if don't have to pay for food. According to the July 2 "CBS Evening News," part of its "The Other America" series - a title strangely similar to former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' liberal anti-poverty mantra of "Two Americas" - food stamp recipients are being hit by the rising the cost of food. "With food prices climbing, more and more Americans these days are struggling to feed their families," anchor Katie Couric said. "Nearly 28 million rely on food stamps for an average benefit that comes to only about $24 a week... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040357/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 18:29:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040036/posts Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform on Monday, launching a television ad which touts the way the overhaul "slashed the rolls by 80 percent." Obama leaves out, however, that he was against the 1996 federal legislation which precipitated the caseload reduction. "I am not a defender of the status quo with respect to welfare," Obama said on the floor of the Illinois state Senate on May 31, 1997. "Having said that, I probably would not have supported the federal legislation, because I think it had some problems." Obama's transformation from critic to champion of welfare reform is the latest... ABC News' http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040036/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:59:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039672/posts Senator Edward M. Kennedy's office has begun convening a series of meetings involving a wide array of healthcare specialists to begin laying the groundwork for a new attempt to provide universal healthcare, according to participants. The discussions signal that Kennedy, who instructed aides to begin holding the meetings while he is in Massachusetts undergoing treatment for brain cancer, intends to work vigorously to build bipartisan support for a major healthcare initiative when he returns to Washington in the fall. Those involved in the discussions said Kennedy believes it is extremely important to move as quickly as possible on overhauling the... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039672/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:55:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2039622/posts Tammy Sue Barkhard, a third-generation Welfare recipient who lives in Tyrone, said that she gets a little misty when she hears the Star-Spangled Banner on July the 4th. It's a special day for her. "I think about George Washington crossing the Mississippi on that special day in July and creating a country that makes no distinction between the slothful and the truly needy," Barkhard said. "It's a good day to reflect on what this country owes me. Plus, a few of my babies were conceived on July 4th, too." Her live-in boyfriend, Dwayne Scott Arrington said he, too, enjoys the... DotPenn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2039622/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037896/posts OCEANSIDE ---- While they're out of school for summer, students in Oceanside can pick up a free lunch at various school and community sites throughout the city. Through the federal Seamless Summer Feeding Program, Oceanside Unified School District employees are giving out about 1,000 meals a day at 10 different sites to anybody under the age of 18, district officials said. The program was designed to ensure that students, especially those from poor families, get nutritious meals while they're out of school. "During the whole school year, they get good nutritious meal, but in the summer, some of them are... The North County Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037896/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:12:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033876/posts "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death," said Auntie Mame. In today's political climate, a liberal Auntie Mame might say that life is a banquet, which the government must pay for and that those who can't afford a place at the table should behave like it was an all-you-can eat buffet. This is the view of Sen. Barack Obama. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Obama expounded on the economic policies he would pursue as president. Among other things, he is concerned about the "winner-take-all" economy where, he says, "the gains from economic... Tribune Media Service via SacBee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033876/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:48:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033806/posts Sen. Barack Obama has a bad idea for "extending the life of Social Security." He has proposed applying the Social Security tax to incomes above $250,000, in addition to the current tax on incomes up to $102,000... Reporters cited the Obama statement without asking for the logic behind having someone making $100,000 pay on every dime and someone making $250,000 pay on just 41% of income, while someone making $10,000,000 would pay on 98.5% of income... Neither Franklin Roosevelt...nor the intervening three dozen Congresses thought they were imposing an "unfair" system on the middle class. There is a very good... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033806/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:17:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2029546/posts OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold. MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself! ------------------------------------------- MODERN LIBERAL VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2029546/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:23:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029251/posts As the United States edges ever closer to tyranny with freedom dying a little more each year with the passage of new laws, the handing down of judicial rulings, and the promulgation of executive orders, it is assumed by increasing numbers that it is the role of government to provide for all of our needs and to save us from our own worst tendencies irrespective of whether or not these are matters we want massive bureaucracies poking into our private lives about. As bad as such intrusions are, the fear such a scenario provokes pales in comparison to the almost... Men's News Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029251/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:32:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027824/posts "You will always have the poor among you..." In those words Jesus stated a simple fact that has held true through the centuries. In every society, no matter how rich and bountiful, there have always been impoverished people. These people evoke our concern and sympathy. We want to help them, but how? No society has ever overcome poverty. In the US today, the question of how to help the poor is particularly controversial, with two partisan sides struggling vigorously to promote their own answers. The liberal camp argues that government is the best entity to help the poor at home... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027824/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 08:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027078/posts I know, I should link more. I tend to forget that my readers don't know everything I know--that they haven't written a couple dozen stories about European disability and pension systems, growth rates, unemployment, immigration, and so forth... So sorry that I didn't provide links on my Sweden post about disability, unemployment, and so forth. I just sort of assumed that Sweden's amazing rates of disability, "true" unemployment rate that may top 20%, and so forth were common knowledge. They certainly aren't particularly controversial. But if there is anything less common than common sense, it's probably "common knowledge". Let me... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027078/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:04:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2024778/posts The House Committee on Armed Services is investigating claims made by the New York Times. The New York Times claimed that retired Generals were co-opted by the Department of Defense to spread what amounted to propaganda throughout U.S. media to sell the Iraq war. The following letter from General (ret.) Barry R. McCaffrey is in response to a direct inquiry about his actions during this time. I've seen much of General (ret.) McCaffrey's work and it would be difficult to imagine he was part of any propaganda; McCaffrey has been extremely critical about much of the war. I consider him... DotPenn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2024778/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:42:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2022398/posts For the harried office worker, the life of a Welfare recipient must seem like an eternal vacation. Not so, as the number of networks increase and the number of online porn outlets multiply, people on welfare are finding less time to drink booze and take drugs separately. This compressed schedule has made multi-tasking necessary. “I swear to God, it’s like I got two jobs,” George Wallace Foreman, of Tyrone, said. “I thought technology would make my substance abuse easier. Boy, was I misled!” DotPenn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2022398/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 12:40:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021428/posts Many arguments, pro and con, about how to deal with illegal aliens have been passionately debated over the past couple of years, but there are still other arguments that need public exposure. Mark Krikorian presents a new argument in his forthcoming book called "The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal." The pro-more-immigration crowd argues that today's immigrants are just like immigrants of a century ago: poor people looking for a better life who are expected to advance in our land of opportunity. Krikorian's new argument is that while today's immigrants may be like earlier ones, the America they... townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021428/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 14:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019261/posts NEW YORK — A New York woman has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in an adoption scam involving 11 disabled children she kept like prisoners in her Port St. Lucie, Fla., home. Judith Leekin admitted she used false names to adopt the children and sent officials phony school report cards to qualify for the adoption subsidies. The 63-year-old also admitted restraining the children with plastic ties, preventing them from getting out of bed and not sending them to school. All the children were found near starvation, and had never been to a doctor or dentist. Leekin faces a potential... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019261/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 18:23:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018381/posts But there is a third way: social entrepreneurship. We are at a stage in human development when we’ve tried varying degrees of socialism — systems that have been discredited at each degree. So why can’t we get government out of the poverty business? Why can’t we turn our concern for others to a vibrant philanthropic sector that would be as powerful and prolific as any other industry if we simply took that virtual monopoly away from the state? What I’m suggesting is not altogether new. Before the New Deal put mutual aid societies and “friendly societies” out of business, America... Fayetteville Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018381/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 00:06:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012635/posts Thursday morning, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the ballot title of an initiated act, seeking to stop illegal immigrants from getting state services and benefits. The proposal, if approved by voters in November, would require immigrants to prove their legal status before getting such benefits. The group pushing this initiative, Secure Arkansas, must now collect 61,794 signatures from registered voters, to get this proposal on the November general election ballot. The Secretary of State's office says those signatures must be turned in by July 7. The group Secure Arkansas will need help in gathering signatures, especially on May 20th, the... KARK Channel 4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012635/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 20:47:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012644/posts Supervisor says county spends more than $1 billion a year on benefits to illegals. According to new data from the Department of Public Services, nearly a quarter of Los Angeles County's welfare and food stamp benefits goes directly to the children of illegal aliens, at a cost of $36 million a month. "The total cost for illegal immigrants to County taxpayers far exceeds $1 billion a year - NOT including the millions of dollars for education," said Antonovich. "With $220 million for public safety, $400 million for healthcare, and $432 million in welfare allocations, illegal immigration continues to have a... KHTS AM Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012644/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 20:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011945/posts California is facing a cash crisis this summer, putting pressure on elected officials to submit an on-time state budget or risk asking taxpayers to pay a premium on loans. In the past, the state has been able to pay its bills despite projected deficits by borrowing money internally from some state special funds and by selling short-term notes on Wall Street. But a lack of cash reserves this year combined with lagging revenues has led officials to predict that the state will run out of cash as early as August, giving lawmakers a smaller-than-expected window to strike a budget deal.... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011945/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 14:56:24 GMT