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    License to Lie

    AUGUST 23, 2012 2:21PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: white working class, welfare queen, ronald reagan, global warming, fiscal policy, deficit hawks, paul krugman, obamacare, fox news, budget deficits, brit hume, walter lippmann, jr., martin luther king, republican national convention, liberalism, conservatism, right wing, political extemism, barry goldwater, 2012 campaign, citizens united, joe soptic, bain capital, super pac, newt gingrich, president obama, " lies and deception, "morning joe, joe scarborough, medicare, welfare, paul ryan, george will, mitt romney, republican party, economics, politics

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    • 26 Ratings
    • 4636 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Welfare and Cigarettes

    JULY 9, 2012 9:08AM

    By Livia Gershon


    Topics: nashua, new hampshire, welfare, food stamps, ebt, snap, tanf, william o'brien, working poor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 9753 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Conservatives on welfare

    MARCH 7, 2012 9:18AM

    By Fee Knowles


    Topics: empathy, conservatives, welfare

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2034 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Expulsion, abandonment not the solution for teen pregnancy

    MARCH 24, 2011 1:29PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: teen pregnancy, pregnancy, pregnancy prevention, unplanned pregnancy, education, the washington post, explusion, welfare, sex education, sex, abstinence, abstinence-only education, comprehensive sex education, contraception, guttmacher institute, punishment, morality, education, fathers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 3494 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Food Stamps Prime the Economic Pump

    FEBRUARY 11, 2010 11:16AM

    By Mick Arran


    Topics: economy, welfare, food stamps, poverty, hunger, bankster greed

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 3975 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    At Fordham, Gingrich compares Limbaugh to Chris Matthews

    APRIL 21, 2009 2:01AM

    By Nora WD


    Topics: politics, welfare, ann coulter, rush limbaugh, barack obama, fordham university, newt gingrich

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 1096 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    My name is Lorraine and I am an addict

    MARCH 9, 2009 1:22PM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: lorraine berry, denial, emotions, feelings, race, world politics, us politics, common good, welfare, consumerism, belief and religion, war, addiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 49 Ratings
    • 8514 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    The Real Food Stamp Challenge: Compassion

    FEBRUARY 9, 2009 1:15PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: compassion, moralizing, fraud, underground economy, welfare, food, poverty, food stamps

    • Editor's Pick
    • 74 Ratings
    • 15473 Views
    • 76 Comments
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    We became "poor" to help our daughter

    JANUARY 7, 2009 1:15PM

    By Kristi Myers


    Topics: preemie, science, health, family, adoption, poverty, arc, public assistance, welfare, ssi, social security, counseling, physical therapy, occupational therapy, cerebral palsy, cp, mental retardation, developmental disability, disability, prematurity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 911 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Some Ends Don't Meet.

    JANUARY 7, 2009 12:57AM

    By Danielle Patrick


    Topics: taxes, government spending, poverty, money, welfare, society, family

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 2754 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Living on $500 per Month

    JUNE 29, 2008 3:19PM

    By lalucas


    Topics: politics, family, teenagers, welfare

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