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Opinion: Romney’s 47% Don’t Pay Taxes Remark Is 100% Controversy

Romney thought he was talking amongst his teammates in the locker room last May 17 only to find out that there was somebody on the other team hiding behind the lockers. Had he known a member of the other team was lurking back there, he would have chosen his words more carefully and had presented more carefully-chosen data than the data of which he swiftly generalized.

2012/09/19

A free food truck rolled into Miami-Dade County Public Schools for the summer. (CBS4)

Emergency Food Assistance May Be Available For Residents

Florida officials have set up a text alert system to help feed victims of the departing storm.

CBS Miami–2012/08/27

A Federal food stamps card that is used to purchase food.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Crisis Looms: Food Assistance Facing $16B Cuts

Nearly 18 percent of Florida’s residents could soon be struggling to feed their families.

CBS Miami–2012/07/21

Germany Debates Effects Of Value Added Tax

Florida Food Stamp Program Tops, Wins $9 Million Fed Bonus

The Department of Children and Families gets a bad rap for the way it manages everything from foster care to adoptions, so its only fair they get credit for a good thing, and the feds say Florida is tops in managing Food Stamps.

CBS4–2012/07/02

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GOP Leadership Protects Their Budget While Cutting Ours

On Friday, June 8, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and the Republican caucus perfectly summed up exactly how little regard they have for the American public. They talk about budget cuts. […]

2012/06/13

Money (Source: MyTV33)

House GOP Unveil Latest Ryan Budget

The Republican Party put its cards on the table Tuesday morning with a new budget plan from Representative Paul Ryan that would end much of Medicare as it’s known today and cut deep into domestic programs and almost completely eliminate the current tax structure.

CBS4–2012/03/20

A Federal food stamps card that is used to purchase food.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida House Passes New Restrictions On Welfare

A bill that limits what items can be purchased with state welfare funds has passed in the Florida House.

CBS4–2012/03/02

Florida Capitol

Bill Would Limit Welfare Fund Use

A bill that would limit what items could be purchased with state welfare funds is making headway in the Florida Senate.

CBS4–2012/02/05

(Photo Credit: Miami-Dade Corrections) Suspect Meera Gokool Khan

Former DCF Worker Charged In $1.3M Food Stamp Scam

Bond has been set at $835,500 for a former state welfare worker charged in a $1.3 million scam for stealing personal information to get food stamps, which she traded for cash.

CBS4–2011/08/25

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