Free Talk Live - welfare

Corrections Officer Buys Thanksgiving Dinner With Inmate's Food Stamps

celestrion — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:54:20 +0000

While Gregory Sciance was locked inside the Hamilton County Jail for a probation violation, Sgt. Wanda Smith was out buying groceries with his food stamps. Due to lax security in the state's welfare program and lax morals on the part of Ms. Smith, she was able to unlock Sciance's EBT card and make several purchases totaling over $300. Now that Sciance is free from jail, the only place he can afford to eat is at the community soup kitchen.

We Fund Dependency

pmfalcon — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:38:24 +0000

"There are no jobs!" That is what people told me outside a government "jobs center" in New York City. But, 4 researchers quickly found 40 job openings. So what goes on at these government "job centers?" I asked a college intern, to find out. Her conclusions:
--It's easier to get welfare than to work.
--The government would rather sign me up for welfare than help me find work.
--America has taxpayer-funded bureaucracies that encourage people to be dependent. They incentivize people to take "free stuff," not to take initiative.

No Cash Society

LoveFreedomAndLiberty — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:05:01 +0000

A no cash society? Read more here..................

Record number of Americans get government help

Cyphase — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:07:16 +0000

One in six Americans is receiving help from the government, just as fiscal austerity threatens to reduce some of that aid.

Soaring unemployment during The Great Recession has driven tens of millions of people to the dole. Enrollment in Medicaid and food stamp programs are at record highs, while unemployment insurance rolls remain at elevated levels. Many people depend on more than one program.

Change Constitution to Include Right to Laptop and iPod

Klaas — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:28:37 +0000

Jesse Jackson Jr. Says Way Out of the Unemployment Crisis is to Change the Constitutional So Every Ghetto Kid Gets an iPod and a Laptop

Obstacle to Deficit Cutting: A Nation on Entitlements - WSJ.com

slayerboy — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:05:02 +0000

Efforts to tame America's ballooning budget deficit could soon confront a daunting reality: Nearly half of all Americans live in a household in which someone receives government benefits, more than at any time in history.

California welfare cards can be used in many casino ATMs

parallax — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:56:04 +0000

Times review finds that in more than half of the state's casinos and gaming rooms, welfare recipients can get cash from state-issued EBT cards. Officials say they're moving to block such transactions.

Pelosi Tells Americans to Quit their Jobs

iconoclast2007 — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:54:39 +0000

She's encouraging high unemployment and more welfare.

Yoko and Change.org petitioning for a Dept of Peace

fingers — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:27:31 +0000

Ironic isn't it? A Dept of Peace funded by coercion.