Fair warning to our readers — this story of President Barack Obama providing a life of luxury to people who are perfectly capable finding jobs but choose instead to abuse the welfare system is going to infuriate you. Right this moment, in places like Arlington, Va., welfare leeches are living in luxury high-rise apartments that […] Continue reading →
Taxpayers in Maine recently received outstanding news concerning the ever-increasing drain on funds due to the rampant abuse of welfare programs such as food stamps. State Sen. Roger Katz introduced legislation that would effectively ban the purchase of sugary snacks and other junk foods from welfare leeches using the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. A local […] Continue reading →
California Democrats are trying to reverse a decades-old state law that bars families from getting extra welfare money for having an additional child, describing the law as “sexist” and “classist” — despite concerns that repealing it could compound the state’s money woes. The so-called “welfare queen” law was passed two decades ago during the heyday […] Continue reading →
Congressional Republicans are laying the groundwork for an overhaul of the nation’s food stamp program, trying again after an unsuccessful attempt two years ago. House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, said Tuesday that his panel is starting a comprehensive, multiyear review of the program to see what’s working. He said “either huge reforms or small […] Continue reading →
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.” That quote has often been used as a warning against trusting the state to solve every problem. One woman just learned that lesson the hard way, after demanding that the government pay more and more […] Continue reading →
The Census Bureau reported in a study released this week that 65 percent of American children lived in households taking aid from one or more federal program as of the fall of 2011. “Almost two-thirds (65 percent) of children,” said the Census Bureau, “lived in households that participated in at least one or more of […] Continue reading →
It’s a bad day for drug-using, welfare recipients in parts of Michigan. No longer will they be using taxpayer dollars to fund their habits. This thanks to a recently passed bill that allows the state to drug test recipients of state welfare programs. Take a wild guess as to who else is freaking out? Liberals. The […] Continue reading →
Breitbart – by Wynton Hall For the first time in U.S. history, food stamp enrollments have been above 46 million for 36 months in a row. According to newly released numbers from the United States Department of Agriculture (which oversees the food stamp program), food stamp enrollments in September 2011 were 46,268,250 and never fell […] Continue reading → Last week, two members of the New Black Panthers activist group were arrested in a federal sting after they attempted to purchase firearms illegally, and it turns out there was much more to their plot. According to St. Louis Today, the two men indicted on federal weapons charges also planned to bomb the Gateway Arch […] Continue reading → Terry Jeffrey, Take a look at an American family’s budget and you can tell what that family values. Many of the nation’s most solid and self-sufficient citizens spend a large share of the earnings the government allows them to keep paying down their own mortgages, maintaining their own households and sending their own children to […] Continue reading → Christine Rousselle, When the farm bill was passed earlier this year, there was a little-hyped program included that seeks to double the value of SNAP (food stamp) dollars when they’re spent at farmer’s markets for fresh fruits and vegetables. The program is an expansion of smaller programs at farmers markets throughout the country. The Crossroads […] Continue reading →
People receiving food stamps were caught selling and bartering their benefits online for art, housing and cash, according to a new federal report that investigates fraud in the nation’s largest nutrition support program. Complicating the situation is the fact states around the country are having trouble tracking and prosecuting the crimes because their enforcement budgets […] Continue reading → Nick Sorrentino This is a frustrating statistic to read. When so many rely upon the state for their well being, when getting taxpayer funded aid means the difference between having a full stomach and having an empty one, it is very hard to make the case to someone that government must be smaller even if […] Continue reading → Imagine a government program that has exploded in size, is the subject of bitter partisan haggling and spends almost $80 billion a year in secret. No, not the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency or the Department of Homeland Security, which all spend less (as far as anyone call tell). The program in question […] Continue reading → Kevin Glass The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, commonly referred to as food stamps) has seen a meteoric rise in enrollment in the last fifteen years, and especially in the wake of the 2008 recession. The spike in SNAP recipients post-2008 is to be expected - but the maintenance of those high enrollment numbers is […] Continue reading →
In President Obama’s mismanaged economy, nearly 50 million Americans are on food stamps, because the country still hasn’t recovered from the 2008 recession. It is difficult for some people to find a job, and in many states, welfare actually pays better than an entry-level job. There has been abuse of the food stamp and other […] Continue reading →