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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 20, 2012

  It’s not getting any better, ladies and gentlemen — our economic situation under Barack Obama’s leadership is getting worse. People receiving government Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food assistance in the United States has risen 70 percent since 2007 and millions more will be added to the food stamp rolls in the next decade. The [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 12, 2012

  Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards are debit cards that are the equivalent of food stamps. However, food isn’t all that welfare recipients try to use them for. There has been reported abuse in the states that issue the EBT cards — like using them to buy no-no’s like soda, candy, lottery tickets, cigarettes, liquor, [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | March 15, 2012

  Cheaters never (well, hardly never) prosper. In New Jersey, Americo Lopes was found guilty yesterday of cheating five co-workers out of their share of a $38.5 million lottery jackpot. The men had all worked at the same construction company in Elizabeth and began a lottery pool in 2007. Lopes snatched the winning jackpot, saying [...]

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