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  • A step in the right direction

    A federal judge has rejected the mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients. U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven ruled against Florida’s drug testing program, writing, “[T]here is nothing inherent to the condition of being impoverished that supports the conclusion that… Continue reading

  • The Myth of Welfare Queens and the Reality of Racism

    Fiscal conservative politicians including some Democrats like Bill Clinton have presided over a massive and systematic redistribution of wealth into the 1 percent since the 1980s. For African-Americans this means that we lost over half of our collective and meager… Continue reading

    The Myth of Welfare Queens and the Reality of Racism

  • The Flying Monkey Caucus

    Charles P. Pierce certainly is fired up over at Esquire. Rightfully so: The Republican Farm Bill drops food stamps for the poorest while keeping plenty of subsidies for big agribusiness. Earlier this week, [Speaker John] Boehner pretended he was leading… Continue reading

    The Flying Monkey Caucus

  • Unpacking More of the Long Con…

    What Republicans in red states who are spending their evening defending Romney need to realize is that Mitt Romney was talking about YOU! Republicans will no doubt continue to feed the myth that Obama is the food stamp president who… Continue reading