We have all heard about welfare reform over and over again. Some states have gone as far as requiring drug tests for welfare recipients. Now it looks as if several states are cracking down on what people purchase with their welfare benefits. Limits may be set on what people can use their welfare and food stamps on.
In a recent study it was shown that welfare benefits actually pay more than minimum wage in 35 states. And in some of those states, it pays a lot more.
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Money may not buy happiness, but it just might buy you a whole heap of trouble.
One Michigan lotto winner discovered that firsthand after she was arraigned on two felony counts of welfare fraud.
Investigators and authorities have learned that a Seattle couple lived in a million-dollar home and traveled the world, all while collecting more than $135,000 in welfare benefits.
Governor Rick Scott of Florida has just signed into law legislation that requires welfare recipients to pass a drug screening in order to receive welfare assistance. This is meeting with high controversy from some and huge support from others.
Now, anyone applying for government assistance will be required to pass a drug test which they purchase themselves. They will be reimbursed upon passing the