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• n  governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
  she lives on welfare
• n  something that aids or promotes well-being
• n  a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

• In Washington, they call it the "welfare syndrome.
• Scandinavia for years has been the model for democratic socialism, with cradle-to-grave welfare systems that assure everybody of life's essentials.
• To meet the demand of a welfare population going to work, Tennessee made it relatively easy to open centers, didn't .

• social welfare
• public assistance
• benefit
• wellbeing
• well-being
• upbeat
• eudaemonia
• eudaimonia

• ill-being

News & Articles

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• Octomom Welfare Fraud: Investigators Seizing Bank Accounts, Other Documents
  Octomom’s welfare claims have come under scrutiny by investigators who have taken the necessary steps to seize her bank accounts and other documents. Authorities believe Nadya Suleman may have been stealing taxpayer money while hiding cash she earned from her adult film and stripper jobs. If found guilty of hiding available money Octomom’s welfare scam [...] Octomom Welfare Fraud: Investigators ...
  June 10, 2013 - The Inquisitr
• If The Welfare System Subsidises WalMart Then Should We Ban Welfare To Stop Subsidising WalMart?
  There's a report out from a part of Congress that insists that the various welfare programs on offer in the country subsidise WalMart. Given that WalMart does indeed make very decent profits it would seem that the logical answer to this complaint is that we should stop having welfare programs so that we no longer subsidise WalMart's profits. That is, of course, an absurd conclusion: so there ...
  June 10, 2013 - Forbes
• Octomom welfare fraud investigators get Nadya Suleman search warrant
  The Welfare Fraud Prevention folks in Los Angeles County received information that Suleman collected public assistance despite raking in $200,000 in 2012.
  June 10, 2013 - Zap2It