The disarray…is the most painful example of broader problems with the $386 million Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program, or VRRAP. …nearly 90 schools have had their approvals yanked, according to VA officials, including several that were actively serving about 100 veterans. …only about ...
The theoretical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty is unclear. While the pandemic certainly interrupted the economy, causing widespread unemployment and economic distress for families, the federal government responded with historic public assistance efforts like the advance CTC, Paycheck Protection...
Covid spending levels would have been an extreme aberration, and we would have already returned to a more reasonable level of spending. …I think most people would agree that if you were able to grow your family budget based on the increase in your family size plus the rate...
With the arrival of ChatGPT and generative AI, the power of AI became more accessible to everyone. For Microsoft, this will drive an evolution of our vision for intelligent insurance. For insurance companies—with their data-centric product focus, to their vast ecosystems of digital-savvy agents...
WIC and SNAP assistance: Nearly 7 million women and children who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) could be at risk of losing assistance almost immediately into a shutdown, according to the Biden administration....
COVID-19 FUNERAL ASSISTANCE The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and devastated the country over the course of two years. A lot of families have witnessed the death of their near and loved ones. As per the reports of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention around a million people have...
business owner that told us our processes and all of the agencies involved in this were so complex they had to hire a lawyer and pay them for hours of work just to register a business. After the changes, he claimed his 11-year-old daughter could do this without any other assistance. ...
As the situation in Ukraine gets more desperate with casualty numberrs mounting, half the national infrastructure in ruins and Russia upping its game in response to US / NATO military assistance privided to the neo nazi nutters in Kiev, a false flag event seems the only way to provide an ...
Prop 36 will likely reduce funding for services like employment assistance and housing because there will be less savings from prison spending under Prop 47. Prop 36 would also deepen mass incarceration, which tears communities and families apart. Critics of Prop 36 also point to racial disparities...
Next we have a couple of memes that remind me ofMitchell’s Law. Here’s the first one. And here’s the second one. Next we have a good depiction of the relationship between taxpayers and government (athemeI’veusedbefore). As usual, I’ve saved the best for last....