With many Americans making significantly less than their cost of living, one has to wonder is it cheaper not to work? Some people feel it is. Listen to the audio player to hear “The Russ Parr Morning Show” discuss this topic with listeners. Plus, hear what they have to say about African-Americans not wanting to […]
(AP) – North Carolina state government has suspended a welfare program for the unemployed because there was no guarantee the federal government would reimburse the state for keeping benefits going until the shutdown ends. The state Department of Health and Human Services said starting Monday it directed county social service offices to no longer approve […]
Tandra Baker, 35, claims that a Montgomery County, Texas deputy broke her jaw after showing up unannounced for a welfare check, reports KHOU.com. Baker was…
Insisting his only motivation is ridding the world of its “generational cycle of poverty,” a Tennessee lawmaker is nonetheless proposing legislation that could leave more children hungry and even more destitute in the here and now. Republican State Senator Stacey Campfield is seeking to tie state welfare benefits to student performance by mandating that state […]
Some North Carolina residents may no longer be able to take their chances at winning the jackpot. A new state policy is looking to ban welfare recipients and people who have filed bankruptcy from purchasing lottery tickets. State officials believe that it is counterproductive for welfare lottery ticket holders to accept the winnings if they […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Welfare is causing a ruckus in the presidential campaign. But the program is a shadow of its old self from the 1970s, when Ronald Reagan used the image of "welfare queens" to assail government poverty programs promoted by liberals. Nowadays government cash assistance to the poor is mainly conditioned on work. And […]
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that would require thousands of people applying for welfare to pass a drug test before they could receive benefits. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the law over the opposition of Democrats. Backers say it will ensure that welfare benefits are used for their intended purpose and not to subsidize […]
