https://freerepublic.com/tag/payforvotes/ en-us Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:55:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983314/posts The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance program paid out $10.3 billion in benefits in 2012 to people who should not have received the money, according to the Department of Labor (DOL). The data provided on the government website, paymentaccuracy.gov, shows those payments amount to 11.42 percent of all the unemployment insurance checks handed out—an increase from 11.36 percent in 2011 and in excess of the government’s “target” for overpayments of 9.66 percent. The DOL states that most of the data reported on its paymentaccuracy website was for the federal government’s fiscal year, which runs from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, but that... Cybercast News Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983314/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:55:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/833797/posts Parent of second Shangri-La client says son offered money to register to vote By Joel Gallob Of the News-Times The mother of a second mentally handicapped Lincoln County resident asserted this week that Shanrgi-La corporation inappropriately induced her son to register to vote on Ballot Measure 28. She said her son, age 23, is diagnosed as autistic, and does not follow politics. She said he can read, but noted that his comprehension of what he reads is modest at best. He is, however, a whiz at Nintendo games and good with computers in general, and worked at a video store... Newport News Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/833797/posts#comment Sat, 1 Feb 2003 06:44:12 GMT