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 | 8/26/2016 - Despite the fact that the Obama administration has made a number of pledges to improve the lives of U.S. veterans, far too many have slipped through bureaucratic cracks and remain in dire need of assistance.
Even those who are still on active duty do not fare well, especially lower enlisted ranks...
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 | 3/22/2016 - The path that pilgrims once cut, through rugged landscapes and across great rivers, has been paved over. The men who pounded the stakes and laid the railroads across the plains are now just dust, watching Amtrak trains roll over the tracks they once built. The homesteads that once provided organic produce...
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 | 3/11/2016 - In a riot that was shockingly similar to those seen during the Black Friday sales, shoppers at Eastland Center in Harper Woods, a suburb of Detroit, forced the mall to close on Saturday morning in their chaotic attempt to purchase the latest sneaker.
As reported by CBS Detroit, shoppers attending...
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 | 1/11/2016 - The number of Americans receiving food stamps exceeds 45 million – a level which has remained relatively constant for more than four years now. That figure accounts for nearly 20 percent of the population of the country.
In 1969, there were 2,800,000 Americans in the food stamp program. Since...
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 | 9/22/2015 - The implications and side effects of the disastrous government takeover of all healthcare, via the Obamacare legislation, are just now being felt, with new revelations becoming clear each month.
One of the most recent discoveries, as reported by The Associated Press, is that Obamacare is actually...
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 | 2/10/2015 5:44:04 PM - The number of Americans receiving taxpayer assistance via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps, has surpassed 46 million for 39 straight months, according to data released by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the department that manages the program.
The...
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 | 1/24/2015 - Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "war on poverty," and five years after President Obama's administration declared the "Great Recession" over, a record number of Americans remain on taxpayer-supported federal and state assistance programs.
According to the most recent government...
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 | 12/21/2014 - It is being called one of the greatest wealth redistribution schemes in the history of the planet, but it is also one that is highly favored by some of the country's largest corporations. In fact, many of them have become semi-dependent on the steady income stream the process provides.
I'm talking...
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 | 11/26/2014 - The Land of Lincoln is sinkin', with fresh Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data revealing a massive spike in food stamp enrollment with minimal job creation in the state of Illinois. According to the figures, only one new job is being created for every two new people who sign up for the Supplemental...
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 | 10/5/2014 - The U.S. economy was a disaster when Barack Obama ascended to the White House in January 2009, a phenomenon that he and fellow Democrats repeatedly blamed on his predecessor, George W. Bush. The mainstream media willfully and relentless echoed that blame, a campaign that was so effective that, even...
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 | 2/12/2014 - The Republican-controlled Congress, with full support from the Democrat-led administration, has passed a monstrosity of a farm bill that allocates hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to fund food stamps and other government welfare programs. It also mandates that $200 million be set aside every...
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 | 11/6/2013 - The pace of transformation of America from a productive, pull-up-your-boots society to one hooked on government handouts is quickening, as new data indicates an explosion of growth in a program once considered a short-term fix for people temporarily down on their luck.
According to government figures,...
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 | 10/26/2013 - The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP - better known as food stamps - is the fastest growing federal entitlement program, and one of the most abused.
That's according to Cato Institute scholar Michael Tanner, who just released an exhaustive report studying the issue [http://object.cato.org]....
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 | 9/30/2013 - Some 40 years after the so-called "war on poverty" was begun by liberal Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson, not only has poverty not been eliminated, but in terms of the percentage of the American population living in poverty, it has actually increased.
Yet, utopian master planners in government...
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 | 9/20/2013 - Waste, fraud and abuse has always been a part of government programs, but it seems that, as more Americans take part in them, the waste, fraud and abuse is increasing.
Take the case of 49-year-old Muhammed Farooq of Somerset, N.J., the owner of the $4 stores in the northern part of the state. He...
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 | 9/17/2013 - As economic recovery continues to prove dismal if not illusory, American families are signing up for food stamps in record numbers, showing signs that poverty is increasing and the job market is far from recovering.
According to official U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) numbers, households on...
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 | 6/7/2013 - According to new data, the U.S. taxpayer is forking out more than $2 billion a year to provide food stamps to citizens of Puerto Rico last year, and what's worse, as much as 25 percent of the aid is untraceable because it is distributed in cash and there's "no way to verify that funds are spent on food,"...
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 | 5/9/2013 - Shortly after the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, a local newspaper - The Boston Herald - reported that the family of the alleged bombers, and the bombers themselves, had been receiving state and federal welfare benefits.
In its initial report within several days of the attacks, the paper reported...
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 | 4/27/2013 - Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal the Obama administration is actively marketing the federal food stamp program (SNAP) to illegal immigrants. A Spanish-language flyer obtainer by Judicial Watch says, "You need not divulge information regarding your immigration status...
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| 4/25/2013 - The same corporation that received tens of billions of taxpayer dollars back in 2008 as part of the massive corporate bailout swindle is now reaping hundreds of millions of dollars every year from the federal food stamp program, according to little-known reports. For every American that signs up for...
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 | 1/19/2013 - Once upon a time in America, employment prospects and the chance to become much more successful in life were far better for those who had put forth the extra effort required to obtain higher levels of education. But in today's economy, where the new normal is anemic annual growth rates of one to two...
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 | 6/15/2011 - Once upon a time in America, people were embarrassed to accept hand-outs, especially from the government. Depression-era heavyweight champion boxer James Braddock, when he finally began earning money again in the ring after a long draught, actually paid back the relief money he was given while he was...
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 | 6/10/2011 - The state of New York is looking to ban the use of food stamps for the purchase of soda. We think it's about time. In the same vein as a new Florida law that requires those receiving state taxpayer benefits to get drug-tested beforehand,
this report, New York has petitioned the federal government to...
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| 1/14/2011 - The city of New York is seeking permission from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to exclude sugar-sweetened drinks from the list of items that may be purchased using food stamps.
The request is part of the city's wider effort to reduce rates of obesity as a means of improving public health.
"We...
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