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Tag Archives: welfare
‘Death Spiral’ States?
Q: Do 11 states now have more people on welfare than they have employed? A: A viral email making this claim is off base. It distorts a Forbes article that compares private-sector workers with those “dependent on the government,” including government workers and pensioners, and Medicaid recipients — not just …
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Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged chain e-mail (103), death spiral, food stamps, medicaid, welfare
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Romney’s Big Night
TAMPA, Fla. — In a speech heavy on anecdotal history but short on policy details, Mitt Romney avoided major falsehoods in making his case to the American public while accepting the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention. Even a key Democratic strategist, Bill Burton, a former press secretary for …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged Clint Eastwood, Jane Edmonds, middle class, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Republican National Convention, taxes, welfare
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Santorum’s Distorted ‘Dependency’ Claims
Rick Santorum blames President Barack Obama for “a nightmare of dependency with almost half of America receiving some sort of government assistance.” But the same could have been said of George W. Bush. In fact, the Census Bureau reported that in the third quarter of 2008, under Bush, “nearly half …
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Gutting Welfare-to-Work?
The Romney campaign says the Obama administration has adopted “a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements.” But factcheck.org Deputy Director Eugene Kiely tells WCBS radio that the administration’s plan does no such thing. Read more about the president’s welfare changes in our Aug. 9 article, “Does Obama’s …
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Does Obama’s Plan ‘Gut Welfare Reform’?
A Mitt Romney TV ad claims the Obama administration has adopted “a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements.” The plan does neither of those things. Work requirements are not simply being “dropped.” States may now change the requirements — revising, adding or eliminating them — as part …
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Fostering a Fortune?
Q: Does Illinois pay a grandmother $1,500 per month per child to be the foster parent to her eight grandchildren? A: No. State officials have no record of such a case, and state law would not allow it. This second-hand story spread by a Danville urologist isn’t true.
A Mythical Florida Mom (And Other False Claims About Immigrants)
Q: Does an illegal immigrant in Florida get $1,500 a month for each of her eight children? A: No. Illegal immigrants don’t qualify for welfare or food stamps. A chain e-mail from a "disabled Vietnam vet" is full of misinformation.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged $1500, d'Lynn, florida mom, food stamps, illegal immigrants, welfare
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