Welfare

Bizarre Anti-Welfare Board Game Re-Released With 'Obozo The Marxist Clown'

Jillian Rayfield | October 27, 2011, 5:55AM

There is no "Go" space in the anti-welfare board game "Obozo's America," but rest assured -- you can still collect welfare benefits as you pass the "First Of The Month" space.

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Topics: Barack Obama, NAACP, Welfare

Florida

Judge Orders Injunction On Florida's Welfare Drug Testing Law

David Taintor | October 24, 2011, 3:51PM

A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered an injunction on a Florida law requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving state benefits.

An ACLU lawsuit filed in September claimed the Florida law violates the Fourth Amendment by requiring welfare applicants to submit to a "suspicionless" drug test. The suit was filed on behalf of Luis Lebron, a 35-year-old Orlando resident and Navy veteran who applied for welfare benefits but refused to take the drug test.

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Topics: Drug Testing, Florida, Rick Scott, Welfare