by Laura Valkovic | May 13, 2018 | Narrated News, Trump Administration
Donald Trump has always framed himself as a “jobs president” who would bring prosperity back to America and lift millions out of poverty. The latest USDA figures suggest he is well on the way to achieving that goal, as over half a million people removed themselves...
by Leesa K. Donner | Apr 13, 2018 | Drug Prohibition
Want your food stamps? It just may be that you will have to pee in a cup first. That’s a proposal being floated by the Trump Administration. Is this government overreach or just good, old-fashioned common sense at work? Liberty-minded folks will no doubt find this...
by Sarah Cowgill | Feb 16, 2018 | Economic Affairs News
The Trump administration has recently proposed an overhaul of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as Food Stamps. The plan would replace some recipient’s free choice benefits with a “Harvest box” of pantry staples such as...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 8, 2017 | Drug Prohibition
Over the last year, about a dozen governors across the U.S. have attempted to implement drug testing for welfare applicants. With pushback from the Obama administration and no response from the Trump administration, one governor has decided to ignore the federal...
by Mark Angelides | Jul 30, 2017 | The Left
When a society tilts its balance from those who “support” and those who are “dependent”, there is very little turning back. The amount of taxation required to fund the “dependent class” becomes so high, that money leaves the economy either through inventive tax...