Free Republic 1st Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $58,647
72%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 72%!! Thank you everyone!! God bless.

Keyword: welfare

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Why is WIC participation declining as eligibility rises in Illinois?

    03/07/2024 7:17:53 AM PST · by Salman · 13 replies
    Chicago Sun Times ^ | Mar 07, 2024 | Hoda Emam
    ... Kellie O’Connell, CEO of Nourishing Hope, said the past four years have “felt like one crisis after another.” "We're providing more services to more people than we did at the height of the pandemic. And now we're really responding to a major influx of migrants and asylum-seekers who have arrived in Chicago in the past two years, while continuing to serve Chicagoans who have turned to us for years,” O’Connell said. Yet while local food pantries report an increase in demand for help, a federal nutrition assistance program serving women and young children has seen a big drop in...
  • San Francisco Votes for Police, Drug Tests; ‘Progressivism Is Out

    03/06/2024 7:01:40 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 10 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/06/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
    3:07 Voters in San Francisco passed ballot measures on Super Tuesday that expanded police powers, required drug screening for welfare recipients, and reduced restrictions on commercial real estate development — a massive defeat for the left. The San Francisco Chronicle declared boldly in its front-page headline Wednesday morning: “PROGRESSIVISM IS OUT — FOR NOW,” and “Voters make it clear: San Francisco can no longer be called a progressive city.” It reported: For now, at least, San Francisco can no longer be called a progressive city. Not after voters approved ballot measures Tuesday to loosen restrictions on the police and screen...
  • San Francisco passes law-and-order measures by large margins, including drug screening for welfare recipients

    03/06/2024 6:41:44 AM PST · by devane617 · 17 replies
    foxnews ^ | 03/06/2024
    San Francisco voters passed a pair of law-and-order ballot measures on Tuesday night, including one that would require welfare recipients suspected of using drugs to undergo screenings to receive benefits. It marks yet another rebuke of progressive policies in the famously liberal city, following the recall of far-left District Attorney Chesa Boudin in 2022. The welfare requirement, called Proposition F, had 63 percent support as of Wednesday morning, according to the most recent election results online. Proposition E, which expanded some police surveillance powers and reined in some oversight, had support from 60 percent of voters. There are still votes...
  • Over 60% of San Francisco residents support Propositions E and F, signaling a shift towards enhanced law enforcement and welfare screening.

    03/06/2024 7:03:25 AM PST · by davikkm · 12 replies
    Hey civic-minded folks! Big news from the Golden Gate City – over 60% of San Francisco residents have just given a nod to Propositions E and F. Let’s unpack the changes and what they might mean for the city’s future. First up, Proposition E is handing more tools to the police to tackle crime head-on. Think of it as a power-up for law enforcement, allowing them to fight crime more effectively, pursue suspects with added vigor, and even bring drones into the mix for catching criminals. It’s like a strategic upgrade for the city’s crime-fighting team.
  • Somebody Set Us Up the $175 Trillion Debt Bomb

    03/04/2024 8:48:36 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 46 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 03/04/2024 | Stephen Green
    Buddy, can you spare one quadrillion, 750 billion dimes? Because that's how many it's going to take to plug the hole in America's entitlements programs. That's 175 trillion-with-a-t dollars. That's six-and-a-half times the entire economic output of the nation for a whole year. If we spent six years devoting all of our energies — no new cars, no new houses, no FARMING, no eating, no nothing — for six years, we'd still be a hole roughly 12 trillion dollars deep. The gross product of every nation on Earth is only $109 trillion. Even if we imposed FICA taxes on China...
  • Will SNAP, WIC benefits continue during a partial government shutdown?

    02/28/2024 9:57:07 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 19 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/28/2024 | ALIX MARTICHOUX
    (NEXSTAR) – As the clock ticks down toward a potential partial shutdown of the federal government this week, millions who rely on federal assistance for food could be left in the balance. If Congress fails to reach a deal to fund the government, a partial government shutdown would be triggered on March 1. That partial shutdown would impact several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which manages SNAP and WIC food assistance. SNAP, which stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, used to be called the Food Stamp Program. The program helps low-income and no-income families buy groceries...
  • Benefits For Illegal Migrants Handed Out By Democrats Turning Off Black Voters: Report

    02/25/2024 3:38:36 PM PST · by Dr. Franklin · 28 replies
    Conservative Brief ^ | February 25, 2024 | Jon Dougherty
    As Democratic leaders in cities around the country hand out tens of millions of dollars in ‘safety net’ benefits for migrants who entered the country illegally, one of their key voter constituencies is moving away from the party and President Joe Biden. In addition to losing black voters, according to a top pollster, support for former President Donald Trump’s border wall is now at a record high, the Washington Times reported last week. Donald Trump. His critique that the surge of illegal immigrants is a drain on America rings true to them, said Raghavan Mayur, president of TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence...
  • Outrage over NYC’s migrant debit card handouts that could net NJ company $1.8M in profits: ‘Taxpayers are getting fleeced’

    02/24/2024 7:24:56 AM PST · by george76 · 26 replies
    New York Post ^ | Feb. 22, 2024, | Craig McCarthy
    The New Jersey start-up that snagged a controversial no-bid $53 million contract with New York City to give migrants prepaid debit cards could net a whopping $1.8 million in profits by taking a cut of the funds doled out to asylum seekers, The Post has learned. The one-year deal signed by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration and tech finance company Mobility Capital Finance .. is now raising eyebrows with some members of the City Council, who noted the agreement didn’t undergo the usual competitive bidding process. “Something’s wrong with this deal, and taxpayers are getting fleeced,” Councilman Bob Holden (D-Queens) .....
  • NYC Mayor Eric Adams Vows to Cut Funding to Migrants amid Record-Low Approval

    02/21/2024 12:11:08 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/21/2024 | JOHN BINDER
    New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) vowed on Wednesday to cut funding to border crossers and illegal aliens amid record-low approval with New Yorkers. In November 2023, Adams authorized city-wide budget cuts where New Yorkers would have public services eliminated to afford waves of illegal immigration to the sanctuary city. The move came as fewer than 3-in-10 New Yorkers said they approved of Adams — a record low for a mayor in New York City. On Wednesday, Adams said he is canceling the proposed budget cuts and will instead reduce taxpayer funding currently going to newly arrived border crossers...
  • Massachusetts Spending $64 a Day to Feed Each Migrant, On Track to Spend $1 Billion By 2025

    02/21/2024 9:49:24 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 35 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/21/2024 | WARNER TODD HUSTON
    State records show that Massachusetts is spending about $64 per migrant per day to feed those in state care, a cost that is contributing to the expected one billion dollars in expenses to be spent by the Bay State by 2025. The latest numbers show that the state is paying out $16 for breakfast, $17 for lunch, and a whopping $31 for every dinner every day, according to WBZ-TV. All of this is an commercial for Donald Trump at this point. Illegal immigrants are living good while taxpayers have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to go jobs...
  • NYC Mayor Eric Adams Defends Giving Migrants Prepaid Debit Cards

    02/21/2024 5:56:21 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 30 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/21/2024 | PAUL BOIS
    New York City Mayor Eric Adams has defended a new pilot program to give migrants prepaid debit cards, saying it could save the city money. “Adams spent a large portion of his weekly media availability on Tuesday defending the program, which could grow to cost the city $53 million, saying it will save the city money and eliminate food waste,” reported WPIX New York City. The program could give up to 500 migrant families prepaid debit cards to purchase food and other supplies. Though rapper 50 Cent initially criticized the program, Eric Adams said he changed his position after the...
  • How The US Regime Subsidizes Immigration (Both Legal & Illegal)

    02/19/2024 8:49:23 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies
    Mises Institute ^ | 02/19/2024 | Ryan McMaken
    In recent months, stories from both the legacy media and the independent media have continued to pile up on how undocumented foreign nationals - also known as "migrants" and "illegal aliens" - are able to take advantage of a vast network of taxpayer funded benefits in daycare, medical care, housing, and more. For example, both the New York Post and Denver Post report that these foreign nationals have "overwhelmed" the Denver Health hospital system in Denver, and that the situation is "unsustainable." Meanwhile, public schools report classrooms are filling up quickly with the children of these foreign nationals. Denver is...
  • House conservatives block procedural vote on SALT relief, in blow to blue state Republicans

    02/15/2024 2:30:01 PM PST · by cotton1706 · 36 replies
    Just the News ^ | 2/14/24 | Ben Whedon
    Agroup of conservative Republicans on Wednesday joined Democrats in a procedural vote to stop the advancement of a plan to expand state and local tax (SALT) deductions. The procedural vote to consider SALT legislation failed 195-225, with 18 conservatives joining the Democrats, according to The Hill. Moderate Republicans from New York, California, and New Jersey have sought to expand the $10,000 SALT deduction cap imposed in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Supporters of the cap have argued it serves to incentivize states and local governments to reduce spending. New York GOP Rep. Mike Lawler had sought to double...
  • 50 Cent slams NYC's plan to give $53M in pre-paid debit cards to migrants to use in bodegas as he demands Mayor Adams calls him and explains how it will work and says 'maybe Trump is the answer'

    02/03/2024 7:21:07 PM PST · by algore · 48 replies
    The pilot program is being rolled out at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, with 500 families involved, The New York Post reported. A family of four will get a card loaded with $1,000-a-month, equivalent to $35 a day. But 50 Cent took to Instagram on Saturday to hit out at the scheme and suggested Donald Trump is the answer to the city's problems The rapper shared a post on Instagram about the plan to hand out pre-paid cards for migrants to buy food and baby supplies. 'WTF Mayor Adams call my phone,' he wrote. 'I don't understand how this works,...
  • NYC spent almost $2.5B providing welfare checks to over 720K residents – the most it’s paid out in over a decade

    02/03/2024 11:15:36 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 17 replies
    Nypost ^ | 02/03/2024 | Jon Levine and Rich Calder
    New York City provided 720,765 residents cash assistance last year — the most it’s ever awarded in welfare checks in at least a decade. To handle the surge, a staggering $2.46 billion in federal, state and city funds was budgeted by Mayor Adams this year to provide cash assistance to adults unable to work or pay their bills and for their children. The city previously budgeted $1.99 billion during the fiscal year that ended June 30, and $1.57 billion in fiscal 2022.
  • NYC launches $53M program to hand out pre-paid credit cards to migrant families

    02/02/2024 2:16:20 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 43 replies
    NY Post ^ | February 2, 2024 | By Craig McCarthy
    Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will soon start handing out pre-paid credit cards to migrant families being put up in Big Apple hotels, The Post has learned. The $53 million pilot program, run by the New Jersey company Mobility Capital Finance, will provide asylum seekers arriving at the Roosevelt Hotel with the city cash to help them buy food, according to city records. It’ll start with a group of 500 migrant families in short-term hotel stays and will replace the current food service offered there, according to City Hall. The cards can only be used at bodegas, grocery stores, supermarkets and...
  • Speaker Johnson Sets Vote on Tax Bill Conservatives Call ‘Trojan Horse to Expand Welfare’ for Illegal Aliens

    01/31/2024 6:52:33 PM PST · by AnthonySoprano · 45 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 1/31/2024 | Bradley Jaye
    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is rushing through a tax bill unveiled days ago over significant policy objections from both conservative and centrist factions of the Republican Party. Conservatives have spoken out against provisions in the bill they see as handouts to illegal immigrants, particularly an expansion of the Child Tax Credit without language requiring the parent to have a Social Security number. They argue the expansion would serve as an additional powerful migration pull, even as migrant encounters at the border reach record highs under President Joe Biden. snip Johnson indicated Wednesday morning he would move the bill later in...
  • How guaranteed income is changing lives in L.A. County

    01/31/2024 9:17:28 PM PST · by Angelino97 · 55 replies
    Santa Monica Daily Press ^ | January 31, 2024 | Guest Author
    For years, Kipp Kahlia felt stuck. The Long Beach guitarist used to tour the country with reggae artists. But 20 years ago, after contracting intestinal parasites on a trip abroad, Kahlia had to take a step back from gigging. Her health deteriorated and visits to doctors drained her savings. Recently she decided to start a business performing social justice songs at events. But with no extra funds or time, she had to pause the venture. “With all the struggling I was doing, my attitude took a hit,” Kahlia said. “The more you witness yourself being down and out, the more...
  • Bureaucracy Kills: A Lesson from Rome

    01/25/2024 7:53:22 AM PST · by george76 · 11 replies
    Foundation for Economic Education. ^ | January 1, 1963 | William Henry Chamberlin
    The greatest collapse of a mighty state, a large human so­ciety and a fruitful civilization of which we possess a reasonably ac­curate record, has been immortal­ized by Edward Gibbon’s histori­cal classic, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire. Henry Adams remarked that Gibbon did not really explain the fall; but this criticism is not altogether just. As the following excerpts from The Decline and Fall show, the philosophic historian offered a number of reflections on the symp­toms and causes of the drama which he set out to describe: "This long peace and the uni­form government of the Romans introduced...
  • Did you know that you can receive disability payments for Long Covid?

    01/13/2024 11:36:22 PM PST · by dennisw · 28 replies
    Twitter ^ | 9:45 PM · Jan 13, 2024 ·
    She is getting $3500 forever for getting vaxxed induced long covid. . BTW she looks heathy to me.