NASW Asks for Support of TANF Bill 2277

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08/11/2011
The NASW

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Supplemental Grants were fully funded for the first two quarters for federal fiscal year 2011 and partially funded for the third quarter. There is no funding for the last quarter of the fiscal year. Congress created the Supplemental Grants as part of the 1996 welfare law in...
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Huge Corporate Profits, But Where are the “Job Creator’s?” (Video Included)

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08/04/2011

As we all know Obama signed a bill this week to raise the debt ceiling. It includes cuts that will affect the middle class and the poor, but asks nothing of richer Americans and corporations. The Republican mantra has been that we don’t want to hurt the “job creator’s.” The Daily Show – Armadebtdon...
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Why Does the Tea Party Hate Americans and Their Government?

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08/02/2011
Tea Party Moran

The answer to the title of the post is that they are scared little shits who have no idea how the government operates to insure fairness to all. They believe it should only act in their interest. So, they have no problem with the government defaulting on it’s debt’s. They are too vapid to...
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John Freshwater in the News Again

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07/22/2011
John Freshwater

John Freshwater, the cross burning and constitution violating ex-science teacher is in the news again. The Columbus Dispatch reports that thanks to the Rutherford Institute he has had a letter of admonishment removed from his file at the Ohio Department of Education. What does this mean? Exactly nothing. Freshwater still has his license to...
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Support Pay Equality for Women

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Welfare Rolls Rising for the Middle Class

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Rumsfeld Blamed for Torture

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Joe the Plumber Still Talking

Today Joe the Plumber told Glen Beck that he almost left the McCain campaign....