Welfare

An editorial about the welfare system and why it does not work.

Welfare and food stamp fraud is sadly widespread across the country, Making the decision to turn someone in for fraud is not an easy task sometimes.

Kathleen Sebelius has made the right decision concerning the sale of the emergency contraceptive Plan-B. Children may not want their parent's input, but they need it.

A lawsuit by two Californians is challenging an illegal and immoral state practice of saddling the children of welfare recipients for unreturned overpayments. California's future relies on not burdening its impoverished youth with debt they had no part in

A Seattle woman was collecting welfare while living in a million dollar house for eight years until authorities finally figured out the scam.

Has the ease of obtaining welfare benefits become an inherited behavior and an expected way of supporting ones self?

Four mentally disabled people were held in appalling conditions in a basement in Philadelphia. What does this tell us about altruism?

Welfare recipients are blamed for a host of social ills in the U.S. There are reasons why it is so hard to transition from welfare to work.

Republican candidate Jon Huntsman proposes to end corporate welfare. These are some of the handouts he'd be eliminating.

This case study is about the social and psychological affects welfare has had on a family, their solution for redemption, and the outcome.

This article is not an attack on the individuals that need welfare, the handicapped or disabled. Instead it attacks the way we as a society reward laziness. It is time to begin working our way out of this problem.

Washington lawmakers are letting the whole nation down for personal political gains. Members of both parties are fighting like school kids while the whole world is watching

The Federal government is greatly in debt. The United States needs to find ways to save money. Following the lead of Florida's Governor Rick Scott could be one of those ways.

Everyone needs a little help sometime. Middle income families may not qualify for many forms of assistance, but there is some help out there.

The Dutch parliament has enforced animal welfare laws which forbid the slaughter of animals without stunning them first.

Florida is about to implement drug testing on people who receive welfare benefits. Are they more likely to use drugs? Do we need probable cause to search them?

My opinion on the new Florida law requiring welfare applicants to submit to drug testing.

Governor Rick Scott of Florida wants to make welfare contingent on passing a drug test. Since everyone else and their dog has be willing to subject themselves to random drug-testing as part of being a working American, I say kudos.

A look at how and why women refuse to get off of the welfare system

Let just stop right here and discuss a different point of view. Does a state really have the right to test a certain segment or group

Florida is the first state that is now going to require drug testing for welfare recipients. While some people are woo-hooing this, others are booing it, contending that it's a violation of civil rights and unconstitutional. What do you think?

Corporate welfare distorts the free market, acts as a tool of political ascension for politicians, and is an unconstitutional distribution of wealth. It should end, not just for oil companies, but for all companies.

Paul Krugman believes that only immoral reasons can support the view that the welfare state should not be expanded indefinitely. He is wrong.

Sometimes I get sick of seeing articles about welfare written by people who refer to themselves as "the taxpayers" who think they have all the answers. Things are not always so black and white, this article explains why.

Carol applied for the permanent and had to fill out another application and medical form, go for all kinds of tests yet again, be seen by the government doctor but she was accepted for permanent disability.

We need to fix the system.

Animal Welfare League is sponsoring a fund raiser concert March 11, 2011.

Think all welfare recipients are lazy, unemployed or scamming the system? They're not--I am on welfare and I work hard for my family, but I need a little extra help to make ends meet.

Free market economies make people fat. That's what the latest Oxford University research indicates. Move over fast food, free market economies are the latest cause of obesity in adults.