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Republicans reject own funding bill, US government shutdown imminent (www.reuters.com)
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[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

welfare checks barely exist anymore, thanks to both democrats and republicans in the 90s and their "welfare reform". Are you talking about disability, unemployment, pensions, social security, EBT or medicaid/medicare? Many of these are not even "welfare" but essentially insurance payouts on things that those people paid the premiums/contributions for and are entitled to.