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Richard Farmer's political bite-sized meaty chunks

Friday, 9 May 2008

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Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people's political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.

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John Molloy
Friday, 9 May 2008 4:39:02 PM
Re benefits via electronic cards. This will need strict suveillance to avert fraud by retailers (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-11-fraud_x.htm) who in the USA are giving 50c in the dollar as cash to the welfare recipient. At least they will only have half as much to spend on booze etc.
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