As it turns out, it's a lot more interesting and subtle than either side has seen -- and potentially more constructive.
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Read More »April 27, 2018 Comments Off on Cass R. Sunstein: Trump’s promising welfare plan
As it turns out, it's a lot more interesting and subtle than either side has seen -- and potentially more constructive.
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Read More »October 10, 2013 Comments Off on Editorial: Hands off orphans’ money
A callous side of Maryland’s high court was on prominent display earlier this month when it ruled that the state has authority to take monetary benefits awarded to orphaned children to help pay for their foster care.
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Read More »August 1, 2013 Comments Off on GOP prepares bill to cut food stamps by 5 percent
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are preparing legislation that would cut food stamps by as much as $4 billion annually in an effort to downsize a program that many conservatives say has become too bloated in recent years. The head of ...
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Read More »July 18, 2012 1 Comment
BOSTON — Taking aim at what they call an abuse of the taxpayers’ money, a growing number of states are blocking welfare recipients from spending their benefits on booze, cigarettes, lottery tickets, casino gambling, tattoos and strippers. “If you’re not ...
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Read More »June 14, 2012 Comments Off on Simon joins Buck Consultants
Tamara M. “Tami” Simon has joined Buck Consultants, A Xerox Company, as managing director of knowledge resources. The knowledge resources group is responsible for Buck’s national multi-practice legal analysis and publications, government relations, research, surveys, training and knowledge management. Simon ...
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Read More »January 29, 2012 Comments Off on Donna Hill Staton: Food stamps: Fighting words
Presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich recently inflamed sensibilities by singling out Black Americans in separate attacks on welfare programs. At a campaign stop in Iowa, Santorum stated, “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving ...
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