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hschulein

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Sat Sep 26, 2015, 04:54 PM Sep 2015

Mike Malloy - Maine Mayor Wants to Publicly Shame Welfare Recipients



Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald has had enough. The Republican executive of the second-largest city in Maine wants to publicly shame the recipients of welfare in his state with a website listing every individual’s name, address and length of time on assistance.

Writing in an op-ed titled, “Enough is Enough: Mainers have a right to know how their money is spent,” Macdonald proposed “a major overhaul of the many laws and policies dealing with confidentiality” and called for a website listing the personal information of every Maine resident receiving public assistance — or as he referred to it, “on the dole.”

Full story: http://www.salon.com/2015/09/24/gop_mayor_wants_to_build_a_website_to_publicly_shame_welfare_recipients_in_his_town/

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