welfare
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More than 90 defendants have been charged in schemes to defraud Minnesota’s various welfare programs.
“Global economic competition, particularly in the face of Asia’s growth, is not achieved through the use of force ... but rather through cooperation for development, productive investment, innovation, education and social welfare,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
More than 90 people have been charged with setting up sham businesses and nonprofits in Minnesota that feasted on Medicaid, food, housing and other welfare programs.
The first trial in the Mississippi welfare scandal is set to begin this week, nearly six years after it erupted in one of America’s poorest states.
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation said it was aware of "crude fabrications" being advertised online alongside claims the proceeds will go to the animal welfare charity.
From BBC
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