Food Stamp Cuts Kick In
Temporary benefit expires Friday
Walmart accepted cards that weren't showing limits. Mayhem ensued.
Trying to get them off the dole and into jobs or training
Affects 80,000 people and could take weeks to resolve
Clay Shaw, 74, added work requirements to welfare rules in bipartisan effort with Clinton administration
Welfare pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states
More welfare and bigger government
Many think people are better served relying on friends and family than government assistance
The forgotten politics of the Alaska Permanent Fund
Not a fan of the culture of dependence
Freebies are not the way to the heart of minorities.
Statists like him are on the wrong side of history
$18 million handed out in "questionable" benefits over the last few years to more than 1,000 recipients using social security numbers of dead people
When it comes to infringing on personal liberty, Ann Coulter is just as bad as her lefty enemies.
A good chunk of money went to people who were currently in prison
Calls the country "Europe's biggest problem child" for its regulations and welfare state
More personal responsibility might be in order
The Supreme Court weighs a contentious dispute over adoption, Indian lineage, and child welfare.
Demographic realities catching up to the welfare state lifestyle
Will lose benefits if they don't "have a genuine chance of finding work" after six months
Casinos and gun shops could also soon not accept electronic benefits cards
Everybody feeds at the trough
Could become eighth state to require it
A new book warns that the United States is adopting a European economic culture.
A new book gives Hayek, Friedman, and others too much credit—and too little.
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