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Ben Carson: Welfare Perpetuates Poverty To Buy Votes

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Connor D. Wolf Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson used a Sunday campaign stop in Georgia to accuse politicians of using poverty to bolster their voting constituencies. In his eyes, open-ended welfare has not only perpetuated poverty, its sustained a loyal voting bloc for certain politicians. “False compassion is patting them on the head and saying, ‘You can’t take care…

Tick Tock: Louisiana Residents Have 3 Months To Get A Job Or Lose Food Stamps

Tick Tock: Louisiana Residents Have 3 Months To Get A Job Or Lose Food Stamps

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Connor D. Wolf on October 2, 2015 Upwards of 62,000 people in Louisiana starting Thursday have three months to find work or enroll in a training program if they don’t want to lose their food stamp benefits. The federal government has required work or job training to qualify for benefits since 1996. In response to…