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Now, don’t tell me that welfare recipients aren’t innovative! No reason to stand on your feet waiting to get your check. Just put your flip-flops next in line and go back and sit on your ass. What a great country! Related Article Corporate Welfare Statistics That Will Make You Sick With all the talk about unemployment benefits and welfare, it’s important to understand just how much money we’re talking about. In 35 states, welfare, housing assistance and other benefits pays more than a minimum wage job, according to a new study by the Cato Institute. The study also found...

With the ongoing conversation everyone has been having on income disparity, here's a Mint Blog infographic analyzing the phenomenon state by state. Unsurprisingly, smaller states with fancy New York City-like commuter neighborhoods are among the richest, while Southern regions are among the poorest. What's truly interesting are a few unexpected states in the second-to-poorest bracket, including Florida, Idaho, and Montana:

WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani, John McCain (news, bio, voting record) and Mitt Romney dominate the 10-man field for the Republican presidential nomination, with Fred Thompson threatening to roil an unsettled race. Rare circumstances serve as the backdrop. The sitting Republican president and party standard-bearer, George W. Bush, has abysmal job-performance ratings. Vice President Dick Cheney doesn't want the job and there's no natural heir, a significant departure for a party that historically has nominated the next in line. The result is one of the most fluid GOP races in half a century. Giuliani, a former New York mayor; McCain, an...

Names of U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq

State-By-State Breakdown of Iraq Deaths

As America braces to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the worst ever attack on its soil, 11 states and the District of Columbia will hold nominating contests, including several of the highest profile intra-party battles of the cycle. Here's our preview. Turnout will be watched more closely than usual by the campaigns, the parties, elections officials, and the media. Not only will the make-up of the electorate prove especially key to deciding the outcome of certain statewide races in Florida and New Hampshire, among others, but everyone will be watching to see whether voters feel more inspired to turn out...