Read more welfare stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15061/welfare.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:23:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68879/states-ignoring-5b-in-stimulus-cash-for-needy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbout half of US states are passing on a $5 billion pool of federal stimulus funds because of a requirement they put up 20% of the money, ProPublica reports. Only 27 states have applied for money under the program, which gives them wide discretion on how to distribute it—some...http://www.newser.com/story/68879/states-ignoring-5b-in-stimulus-cash-for-needy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 18:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66643/soros-time-for-philanthropists-to-step-up-in-public-sphere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Soros is giving $200 to each and every underprivileged kid in New York state, the billionaire announced today, for a total $35 million bill that will make the state eligible for another $140 million in stimulus money. Some have criticized it as a welfare-style handout, but Soros tells Time...http://www.newser.com/story/66643/soros-time-for-philanthropists-to-step-up-in-public-sphere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 12:41:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63753/food-stamp-funding-boost-gives-economy-quick-lift.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe boost in food-stamp funding included in President Obama’s stimulus bill is pumping cash into the economy, the Wall Street Journal reports. In April, families of four on food stamps started getting about an extra $80 a month. Every $5 spent in food-stamp money means a quick $9.20 of...http://www.newser.com/story/63753/food-stamp-funding-boost-gives-economy-quick-lift.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 11:07:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62486/welfare-rolls-soar-along-with-unemployment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWelfare rolls are on the rise nationwide for the first time since President Clinton signed a bill overhauling the system in 1996, the Wall Street Journal reports. Welfare recipients’ ranks fell in some areas at the beginning of the recession, but now 23 of the 30 biggest US states are...http://www.newser.com/story/62486/welfare-rolls-soar-along-with-unemployment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 7:48:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58941/against-economic-tide-norway-thrives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile the rest of the world struggles with recession, Norway’s socialist-leaning government looks pretty smart, the New York Times reports. Norway enjoys a budget surplus of 11% and is free of debt (the US owes $11 trillion), and its economy grew 3% last year. Oil revenues are pouring in—$68...http://www.newser.com/story/58941/against-economic-tide-norway-thrives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 10:49:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54872/german-town-docks-beggars-welfare-checks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeggars can’t be choosers, and in Germany, they also have trouble being charity cases. One unemployed welfare recipient in the college town of Göttingen learned that lesson last week after officials discovered he was panhandling and threatened to yank $161 out of his monthly $470 welfare payment. The reason: German...http://www.newser.com/story/54872/german-town-docks-beggars-welfare-checks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 19:17:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52821/our-family-can-raise-octuplets-gramps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe grandfather of the California octuplets says he'll fight for his daughter Nadya Suleman’s right to raise her kids, ABC News reports. "I will stop anybody from taking my grandchildren away," Ed Doud said in an interview with Good Morning America , responding to reports that the hospital currently caring for...http://www.newser.com/story/52821/our-family-can-raise-octuplets-gramps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 12:21:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52306/what-disdain-for-octuplet-mom-says-about-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll the outrage over Nadya Suleman and her octuplets is a little disingenuous, Raina Kelley writes in Newsweek . “Because, in truth, we created Octomom. With our glorification of bizarre behavior, we dare the emotionally needy to shock and appall us,” Kelley writes. “And then we slam them.” At least, Kelley...http://www.newser.com/story/52306/what-disdain-for-octuplet-mom-says-about-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 14:15:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50503/octuplets-will-likely-cost-taxpayers-millions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNadya Suleman says she plans to raise her 14 kids without relying on welfare but the reality is that the bill to taxpayers will likely run into the millions, the Los Angeles Times reports. Suleman has no job, no income, owes $50,000 in student loans, and her octuplets have...http://www.newser.com/story/50503/octuplets-will-likely-cost-taxpayers-millions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Feb 2009 4:04:18 CST