Candidate Demands Welfare Recipients Shower for their Money
August 23, 2010 at 11:59 am
Carl Paladino is running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in New York. One of this clever campaign ideas involves requiring welfare recipients to learn basic hygiene as a requirement for receiving their government support. Critics claim this is a racist and utterly insensitive idea that humiliates those struggling just to get by. Others believe that it’s the least that should be done by those getting a free ride from the government.
Big John and Amy talked about this idea this morning. Listen to that conversation here:
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