Showing posts with label Welfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Welfare. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Second GOP Governor Doubts Validity Of Romney’s Welfare Attacks

Second GOP Governor Doubts Validity Of Romney’s Welfare Attacks: Several weeks ago, the Romney campaign launched dishonest series of attacks claiming that the Obama administration has “gutted” welfare reform by removing welfare’s work requirements. Early on Wednesday, Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS) admitted that the attacks have no basis in reality, a fact already well explained by major media outlets. “You agree that these claims [...]/p

Monday, August 27, 2012

Mitt Romney, repeating welfare lies, says Obama wants to 'shore up his base'

Mitt Romney, repeating welfare lies, says Obama wants to 'shore up his base'
"Mitt Romney is continuing his prolonged episode of mendacity so extreme that the media is repeatedly calling him out on it in straight news stories. That is, he's continuing his attack on President Barack Obama for the waivers Obama's administration has proposed granting states on welfare-to-work requirements but has not actually granted yet. Those are the same waivers Romney took advantage of as governor of Massachusetts, not to mention the 2005 letter he signed asking for more waivers. Romney really thinks he's got a winner here, and he's going to push it as far as he can"