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    Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. Michgan lawmakers far apart on cutting caseworkers

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Tuesday approved vastly different plans to fund public assistance for the poor and protect children from abuse and neglect, with a House panel voting to cut more than 1,000 state jobs, or nearly 9 percent, from the Michigan agency that handles welfare, food stamps and foster care.
    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Tuesday approved vastly different plans to fund public assistance for the poor and protect children from abuse and neglect, with a House panel voting to cut more than 1,000 state jobs, or nearly 9...

    Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Abusive Behavior, Career and Workplace, Personal Income, Prisons

    2. Apr 10, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Miffed with the Triangulator

    WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, red in the face, took off his jacket and rolled up a shirt sleeve -- but there was no relief from the discomfort of his affliction.
    WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, red in the face, took off his jacket and rolled up a shirt sleeve -- but there was no relief from the discomfort of his affliction. The poor guy is suffering from triangulation. The man triangulating him,...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Medicare, Bill Clinton, AFL-CIO, White House

    3. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  3. Tom Firey: A better way to help the working poor

    President Obama and some lawmakers in Washington and Annapolis have called for increasing the minimum wage, saying it would help the working poor. So far, those calls have gained little support, even on the left: Legislation to raise Maryland’s...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Employment Opportunities, U.S. Senate, Career and Workplace, Personal Income

    4. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Understanding the deep roots of entitlement woes

    Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s Sunday columns are usually thought-provoking, but not always in the way he intended. His latest opinion piece laments the vastly expanded entitlement economy — what he calls "a European-style welfare state" ("How the welfare state has grown," April 7). Although few objective observers would describe the U.S. social safety net that way, most people recognize that our current spending on these programs is not sustainable in the long term.
    Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s Sunday columns are usually thought-provoking, but not always in the way he intended. His latest opinion piece laments the vastly expanded entitlement economy — what he calls "a European-style welfare state" ("...

    Tags: Mitt Romney, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Career and Workplace, Politics, Health Insurance Cost

    5. Feb 26, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  5. Warrior's email garage is littered with ideas for slamming the brakes on litter

    The Road Warrior w/Dan Hartzell
    Last week's blog item on the degree to which litter blights our streets and highways (not to mention park land and just about every kind of outdoor space imaginable), and my call for suggestions on how we might convince fellow warriors to refrain from...
    6. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Despite campaign promises, government has grown under Scott

    TALLAHASSEE – On the campaign trail, Rick Scott made it sound like such common sense: career politicians had driven the train in Tallahassee, and it was headed off a cliff because of spiraling government growth.
    TALLAHASSEE – On the campaign trail, Rick Scott made it sound like such common sense: career politicians had driven the train in Tallahassee, and it was headed off a cliff because of spiraling government growth. Scott pledged to implement an...

    Tags: Labor Markets, Public Finance, Prisons, Government Debt, Regional Authority

    7. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. GOP primary voters not opposed to immigration reform

    WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republicans are open to an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a new report on voter attitudes in two states with early presidential contests.
    WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republicans are open to an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a new report on voter attitudes in two states with early...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Career and Workplace, John McLaughlin, Immigration

    8. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Letters: Florida dairy farmer's take on immigration provokes debate

    Re &ldquo;<a href=&quot;http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/22/nation/la-na-business-immigration-20130223">Business owners get vocal on immigration</a>,&rdquo; Feb. 23
    Re “Business owners get vocal on immigration,” Feb. 23 Although this excellent article clearly demonstrated what a tough issue immigration policy is, it failed to address the hypocrisy of business owners like dairy farmer Joe Wright. Here's...

    Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Illegal Immigrants, Insurance, Politics, Migration

    9. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Is disability the new welfare?

    The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" -- a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms -- to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too disabled to work....

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Back Pain, NPR, Long Island Rail Road, United Kingdom

    10. Apr 2, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?

    Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario.
    Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...

    Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Career and Workplace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Disabilities

    11. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| KWCH

  11. Drug testing bill awaits Brownback's signature

    Senators have sent a bill to Gov. Sam Brownback's desk that would require Kansas residents who receive welfare and unemployment benefits to submit to drug testing.
    Senators have sent a bill to Gov. Sam Brownback's desk that would require Kansas residents who receive welfare and unemployment benefits to submit to drug testing.     The Senate voted 29-9 on Tuesday to accept changes made to the bill by the House...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Lifestyle and Leisure, Regional Authority, Unemployment Benefits, Recreational Substance Use

    12. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Why 'chained CPI' works for Social Security [Blowback]

    In his March 22 <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-chained-cpi-20130322,0,3050353.story">blog post</a> criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to determine cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and other items in the federal budget, Michael Hiltzik claimed that there were "no grounds" for the statement made in a recent paper from the <a href="http://www.momentoftruthproject.org/">Moment of Truth Project</a> ("<a href="http://www.momentoftruthproject.org/news/moment-truth-project-releases-updated-policy-paper-chained-cpi">Measuring Up, The Case for Chained CPI"</a>) that the chained CPI provides a more accurate measure of inflation than the measure currently used.&nbsp;
    In his March 22 blog post criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to determine cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and other items in the federal budget, Michael Hiltzik claimed that there...

    Tags: Barack Obama, John Boehner, Personal Income, Public Finance, Consumer Confidence

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