Hot Air » social safety net http://hotair.com The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Mon, 20 May 2013 17:21:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 When safety nets strangle http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/13/when-safety-nets-strangle/ http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/13/when-safety-nets-strangle/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:01:24 +0000 Ed Morrissey http://hotair.com/?p=234474

Compassion.

While I often disagree with Nick Kristof’s take on public policy, I have a lot of respect for his willingness to travel to some of the worst places in the world to write about poverty and oppression.  Last week, Kristof traveled not to Somalia or Sudan but to Appalachia, to discover what causes and sustains [...]

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The social safety hammock.

Flaunting food stamps almost seems to be a trend. First, Mr. EBT released his now-infamous rap. Shortly thereafter, girls followed suit with their own version. Now, a night club in Montgomery, Ala., is hosting its very own “Food Stamp Friday” party. On April 6, the Rose Supper Club in North Montgomery will offer a discounted [...]

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Oops.

Earlier today, I said that only Mitt Romney could derail Mitt Romney this month.  Did my prediction come true already?  The media and Romney detractors have jumped all over this statement to CNN in which Romney says that he is “not concerned about the very poor,” but that slice of Romney’s statement is entirely misleading [...]

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