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August 13th, 2022 - 8:17 pm § in Economics, Politics, Racism

GOP governors deny federal rent aid to working poor because it’s “socialism”

Republican governors in at least three states — Mississippi, Arkansas, and Nebraska — have turned away hundreds of millions of federal pandemic relief dollars allocated to preventing evictions because they don’t want their residents to receive those funds. In March 2022, Nebraska G[...]

July 7th, 2015 - 7:29 pm § in Uncategorized

“I’m being forced into work.”

Mum of eight forced into work says benefit cap will lead to suicides Marie Buchan is looking for her first-ever job because of proposed new Government benefit cuts – and complains: “I’m being forced into work” mirror.co.uk|By Andy Richardson From Facebook: “A single mum[...]

April 13th, 2015 - 10:34 am § in Politics

The myth of ‘lazy welfare bums’

People who get food stamps, disability benefits, and other government assistance are lazy, unmotivated, and don’t want to work. They’d rather live on handouts, paid for by you and me. Or so the talking point, propagated by the conservative noise machine and endlessly repeated by dittohea[...]