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Walker's Wisconsin II: We'll be one of few states to raise taxes on the poor

As Wisconsinites await W-2 forms and related tax documents, hundreds of thousands of low-income families are bracing for a state budget change that will mean less money in their wallets next year. Last summer, the state Legislature reduced the amount of money low- income famil …

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Anonymous Secret Santa: Businessman Hands Out $100 Bills In America's Poorest City (VIDEO)

He's just like the real Santa Claus except he's a bit slimmer, doesn't have the huge beard and, rather than leaving gifts under the tree, he gives away $100 bills to complete strangers. Oh, and he also has a police escort. A businessman dressed in red and wearing a Kangol cap w …

Horse Meat Inspection Ban Lifted In The U.S.

Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S.

BPA Levels (an estrogen mimicker) Soar After Eating Canned Soups

In the new study, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health compared people who were given canned vegetable soup for lunch each day with people who got vegetable soup made without any canned ingredients. And they found that a couple hours after eating, the people wh …

Woman Gets Jail For Food-Stamp Fraud; Wall Street Fraudsters Get Bailouts | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone

Since McLemore had four drug convictions in her past, she was ineligible to receive food stamps, so she lied about her past in order to feed her two children. The total "cost" of her fraud was $4,367. She has paid the money back.

12 Members of Congress Live Like 46 Million in Poverty

Members of Congress are accustomed to making $174,000 a year and $476 a day before taxes. That changed for seven days for 12 members last week.

Poverty rate rises under alternate Census measure - Nov. 7, 2011

There were more than 49 million Americans living in poverty in 2010, under an alternative measure released by the Census Bureau Monday. That's 16% of the nation, higher than the official poverty rate of 15.2%.

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