
The $1.1 trillion federal budget deal boosts spending by 6 percent, extends about 50 expiring tax breaks, and funds an array of goodies meant to please both California Democrats and Republicans.
by Chriss W. Street21 Dec 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

With no deal on the contentious issue of welfare handouts for migrants from European Union countries, but a possible compromise being mooted, British Prime Minister David Cameron is rolling over his EU renegotiation bid into 2016. But time is running
by AFP19 Dec 2015, 1:43 AM PST0

A former she-male hooker, only a year out of jail on a fraud conviction, just received a full “sex change” operation, courtesy of the American taxpayer. His story is loving told over more than four full pages in Sunday’s edition of the New York Times.
by Austin Ruse13 Dec 2015, 4:48 PM PST0

Government-approved immigrant jihadis have attacked and killed another 14 Americans, but GOP politicians are ignoring the obvious fix demanded by the American public—reduce Islamic migration into the United States.
by Neil Munro6 Dec 2015, 4:49 PM PST0

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has declared that with a 20 percent jump this year, Los Angeles is still leading the nation in homelessness–despite $25 billion a year in welfare spending going to the L.A. region.
by Chriss W. Street20 Nov 2015, 4:52 AM PST0

At the dizzying height of Food Stamp Nation, with some $80 billion a year spent just on food assistance, and a government of unprecedented size and power aggressively recruiting new dependents, how do we still have so many people living in such deep poverty?
by John Hayward19 Nov 2015, 2:39 PM PST0

Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul stated that “refugees come here, and immediately are put on welfare” and advocated cutting off arms sales to Gulf nations “until they start accepting refugees” on Wednesday’s “Happening Now” on the Fox
by Ian Hanchett18 Nov 2015, 3:38 PM PST0

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is calling on Senate appropriators to place conditions in any upcoming government spending legislation that includes funding for refugee resettlement in the U.S.
by Caroline May16 Nov 2015, 10:17 AM PST0

The Obama administration has released an updated welcome guide for new immigrants in the U.S. featuring detailed sections about obtaining public benefits including food stamps, welfare, and Obamacare.
by Caroline May9 Nov 2015, 11:15 AM PST0

Subsequent events may have loomed larger in Friday’s campaign diary for Dr. Ben Carson, but it’s worth taking a look at the exchange where he supposedly became “angry and combative” on CNN, as Mediate put it. Reporters are hitting Carson with something every Republican candidate should be ready for, as the 2016 campaign unfolds: the latest version of the classic False Choice of liberalism.
by John Hayward6 Nov 2015, 1:36 PM PST0

The estimated cost to resettle an average, single Middle Eastern refugee in the U.S. over the first five years is $64,370 — or 12 times the United Nations estimates it costs to support a refugee staying in a neighboring Middle Eastern country, according to an analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies.
by Caroline May4 Nov 2015, 9:02 PM PST0

The Obama administration’s effort to normalize relations with Cuba is generating a surge in immigration from the island nation to the U.S.
by Caroline May7 Oct 2015, 2:34 PM PST0

A 33-year-old convicted cocaine dealer collecting a monthly SSI handout used his state EBT welfare card to rent a bank safety-deposit box in which police have found $560,050 in cash – the latest in a series of busts in New England involving massive welfare fraud, often committed by drug dealers or recent immigrants.
by Howie Carr6 Oct 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

Sowell’s thesis is that many factors explain unequal outcomes, contrary to left-wing dogma that rich people get rich by exploiting the hapless poor, an “injustice” the State must redress through income redistribution. Nothing remains of “income inequality” rhetoric and redistribution socialism by the time the last page is turned. It’s a relatively short book, but remarkably thorough.
by John Hayward5 Oct 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

Gov. Charlie Baker said it is crucial for the state “to be aggressive” in tracking down welfare fraud after a Worcester convenience store owner was accused of operating a $3.6 million food stamp fraud scheme.
by Breitbart News1 Oct 2015, 11:13 AM PST0

Many Cuban refugees are abusing the American welfare system, with some even living off the generosity of the U.S. taxpayer in their native Cuba, according to an investigation by the Florida Sun Sentinel. According to the Sentinel, Cuban refugees to
by Caroline May1 Oct 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

The U.S. must learn the costs and national security risks of the refugee resettlement program before it admits any more refugees including Syrian refugees, Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) says. In an interview with Breitbart News, Babin expressed his adamant opposition to President Obama’s recent call to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. next year.
by Caroline May17 Sep 2015, 9:20 AM PST0

More than 90 percent of recent refugees from Middle Eastern nations are on food stamps and nearly 70 percent receive cash assistance, according to government data. The high welfare rates among Middle Eastern refugees comes as the Obama administration considers increasing the number of refugees — who are immediately eligible for public benefits — to the U.S., particularly Syrian refugees.
by Caroline May10 Sep 2015, 9:37 AM PST0

Households headed by legal immigrants are more likely to tap into America’s welfare system than their native-born counterparts, according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies.
by Caroline May9 Sep 2015, 9:17 PM PST0

More than half of immigrant-headed households in the U.S. access at least one welfare program and that trend is likely to continue under the policies currently in place, according to Center for Immigrations Studies research director Steven Camarota.
by Caroline May2 Sep 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

Immigrant-headed households in the U.S. use welfare at a much higher rate than their native-born counterparts and that trend holds true for both new and long-time immigrant residents, according to a new study.
by Caroline May2 Sep 2015, 7:09 AM PST0

Bruce Jenner is taking heat from liberal transgender women for being too conservative in his political views.
by Kelli Serio1 Aug 2015, 10:54 AM PST0

According to Babin, the administration should not be allowed to continue to expand the refugees resettlement program until the Government Accountability Office completes an audit of its costs. The Texas lawmaker introduced legislation to that end Wednesday.
by Caroline May30 Jul 2015, 3:20 PM PST0

Capitalizing on his huge expansion of the Obamaphone program that gave millions of low-income Americans a free cell phone, President Obama is now angling to give millions of Americans free Internet access.
by Warner Todd Huston15 Jul 2015, 6:05 PM PST0

Heritage Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow and former Wall Street Journal contributor Stephen Moore squared off against New York Times columnist Paul Krugman in a war of economic arguments that pitted free market, supply-side economics against statist, Keynesian Obamanomics.
by Michelle Moons10 Jul 2015, 9:36 AM PST0