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The Welfare-Industrial Complex Is Booming

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The Welfare-Industrial Complex Is Booming

Dec. 31, 2023 11:23 am ETDrill into the nation’s 3.7% unemployment rate, and you’ll find a growing welfare-industrial complex beneath the seemingly strong labor market. Government, social assistance and healthcare account for 56% of the 2.8 million net new jobs over the past year, and for nearly all gains in blue states such as New York and Illinois.The tens of thousands of migrants pouring into big cities need to be tended to. So do the hundreds of thousands of drug-addled and mentally ill homeless living on the streets. Progressive government doesn’t do anything on the cheap. America’s welfare state has thus become a proverbial Big Dig, and it keeps getting bigger.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Orange Co. man to cross country to raise money for County Rape Crisis Center

An Orange County man is crossing the country to raise money for the Orange County Rape Crisis Center.Julian Jacobs plans to cross the country in 21 days with just a penny in his pocket.As he travels, he plans to work jobs to turn that penny into funds to help raise money for the center and speak to communities on the impact of sexual violence.‘A lot of people who are victims of human trafficking, and they have a lot of people they can’t help now,” Jacobs said.Budget cuts forced the Orange County Rape Crisis Center to scale back on some services.Over the last four years, government contracts have decreased by $400,000, and starting in October, the nonprofit will cut 50% of its staff.“I just wanted to help out with a great organization,” Jacobs said. “My friend, Ray, works at the Orange Cou...

At least one dead in heavy flooding along Hudson River Valley

Flooding along the Hudson River Valley has claimed at least one life as heavy rains swamped roadways and left thousands without power Sunday.Authorities were alerted to the storm-related drowning shortly after 8 p.m., local officials said.Rep. Pat Ryan confirmed the fatality in a Tweet, which described severe flood damage affecting property across the Hudson Valley.NY State Police are asking motorists to avoid the Palisades Interstate Parkway in response to severe flooding. (New York State Police/New York State Police)Highland Falls, West Point, Cornwall and parts of Rockland and Putnam counties were hardest hit, according to Ryan.Gov. Hochul issued a state of emergency for Orange County in response to what she described as “life-threatening flooding,” urging residents living in affected ...