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Mike Stenhouse CEO, RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity via The Daily Caller 7/30/2013 You have to wonder if state and local officials managing the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island — already under state oversight for their dire financial straits — are living in the real world or in the land of make believe. After […] July 30th, 2013 | Tags: Christopher Celeste, poverty, property taxes, public sector pensions, Thomas Bruce, Woonsocket | Category: corruption, Entitlements, Politicians, Progressives, Rhode Island, Socialism, Taxes, Unions | Comments are closed
Editorial Investors.com 3/20/2013 Food Stamp Nation: A little town in Rhode Island shows where liberalism and all its talk of economic “security” ultimately leads — a stale economy and suffocating dependence on big government. In a surprisingly candid and lengthy expose, the Washington Post described how Woonsocket, an economically depressed town in Rhode Island, has […] March 22nd, 2013 | Tags: food stamps, personal responsibility, welfare, Woonsocket | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Agriculture, Economy, Entitlements, Government programs, Immigration, Progressives, Rhode Island, Socialism | Comments are closed
Was it better to eat the string cheese now or to save it? To buy milk for $3.80 nearby or for $3.10 across town? Was it better to pay down the $600 they owed the landlord, or the $110 they owed for their cellphones, or the $75 they owed the tattoo parlor, or […] March 18th, 2013 | Tags: Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card, food stamps, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), welfare, Woonsocket | Category: Economy, Progressives, Rhode Island, Socialism | Comments are closed
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