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							<title><![CDATA[Minnesota Fraud Proves Welfare Is Broken]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/taxpayer-cash-zero-accountability-minnesota-fraud-proves-welfare-broken</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Sheffield</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Analysis reveals U.S. welfare system's structural flaws promote fraud over outcomes, with Minnesota case showing need for pay-for-results reform approach.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Homelessness Skyrocketed in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://amac.us/newsline/society/why-homelessness-skyrocketed-in-2024-and-what-to-do-about-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Sheffield</author>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. homelessness hit record highs in 2024, largely driven by illegal immigration and ineffective housing policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Welfare Reform Promotes Self-Sufficiency]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/22/wisconsin_welfare_reform_promotes_self-sufficiency_117609.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Sheffield</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) says welfare dependence is no measure of success when it comes to helping the poor.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Sadly, there are some in our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s capital who measure success in government by how many are dependent on the government,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' said the governor....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NYC Teen Pregnancy Ads Should Focus on Why Marriage Matters]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/19/nyc_teen_pregnancy_ads_should_focus_on_why_marriage_matters_117523.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Sheffield</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York City has a new ad campaign to prevent teen pregnancy, which has stirred up quite the controversy.
Featuring faces of distraught babies, the ads feature captions such as, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Education Fared at the Polls]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2012/11/13/how-education-measures-fared-in-the-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Sheffield</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Reform Food Stamps]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2012/06/21/how-to-reform-food-stamps-and-improve-the-farm-bill/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Sheffield</author>
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