Word: welds
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...Weld's Veto...
...outside language of the House budget was vetoed by Weld, who called the exemption a "loophole" and charged that it would almost certainly be misused by AFDC recipients...
...Basically, you could spend 10 years going to school part-time, maybe talking one course a semester at night-time working toward a degree in basket weaving, and still demand taxpayer support full time all the way," Weld said to the Boston Globe...
...loophole is so large that the entire welfare caseload could find the time to camp out there if they wanted to," Weld added...
Supporters of the education exemption reacted to the Governor's comments with anger, saying he was engaging in hyperbole and suggesting that Weld was interested more in relieving the welfare caseload than in helping aid recipients. The House responded by overriding Weld's veto...