FL, KY, and MO first to require drug testing for welfare

Here is one link from Utah. 250 or so people declined saving about $350K https://www.deseretnews.com/article/765637435/Utah-officials-say-welfare-drug-tests-save-money.html 1600 in Florida https://drugfree.org/learn/drug-and-alcohol-news/almost-1600-welfare-applicants-in-florida-decline-to-undergo-drug-testing/ There are more out there. I had a big post on it but can’t find it. Florida 1,597 welfare applicants decline …

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29 Trillion dollars missing from Pentagon. Trump calls for audit

Catherine Austin Fitts breaks down Trump’s investigation into a missing 29 trillion dollars https://youtu.be/6IxT9qeR6is https://www.infowars.com/29-trillion-missing-from-pentagon-dod-announces-audit-under-trump/ US Debt Visualized in $100 Bills http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/us_debt/us_debt.html MSU SCHOLARS FIND $21 TRILLION IN UNAUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT SPENDING; DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT FIRST-EVER AUDIT Contact(s): Mark Skidmore, Andy Henion …

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BoingBoing: Americans have no savings, with good reason: housing, education and health care costs are out of control, wages are stagnant, and the Fed has suppressed interest rates…. basically you're going to die broke

@StockBoardAsset Anyone notice the trend in wages & salary growth? pic.twitter.com/ZuUe79fgcs — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 13, 2017 America’s Wage Hope Hammered – Real Earnings Suffer Longest Slump Since 2009 For the first time since November 2009, real average hourly earnings tumbled …

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Small business optimism survey, Private sector credit: Expectations all the more trumped up with the new tax bill, but the details show actual conditions aren’t doing so well

by WARREN MOSLER Highlights Optimism among small business owners is surging, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), whose Small Business Optimism Index rose 3.7 points in November to 107.5, the highest level since November 2004. The monthly jump …

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