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Lunch thought: was the "welfare queen" the original gop made up person to get mad at? (hexbear.net)
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[–] [S] 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah figured as much, but I didn't know it was based on a real person.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    You can read about Linda Taylor to learn more about the fraud she was committing, but it was something like 80 different aliases receiving benefits and despite claiming she'd received millions, they only actually confirmed $8000 of benefits were received.

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