“She Used 80 Names” The Real Story of Linda Taylor, America’s Original Welfare Queen , by Josh Levin

[Demeter]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2013/12/linda_taylor_welfare_queen_ronald_reagan_made_her_a_notorious_american_villain.html#section-2

SO, RONALD REAGAN DIDN'T MAKE HER UP---BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT.

[NaturalHigh]

1. Bookmarking to read later.

I think I may have seen something about this woman on the Discovery ID channel.

[louis-t]

2. Wow...wow...

Head spinning...an amazing story, thanks.

[Tansy_Gold]

3. I read the whole thing -- Thanks for posting it.

Will read it again later, more closely.

I remember the Fronczak kidnapping; I was in high school at the time, NW Chicago suburbs.



it wasn't that Reagan didn't make her up -- it was that he (and/or his handlers) shamefully exploited something they knew wasn't true.

And that hasn't changed, except maybe to get worse.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. ^^^This.

They capitalized on a super fraud and made it seem that all recipients were like her.

[NaturalHigh]

10. Were you around there when the Columbo murders took place?

I still look once in a while to see if Patricia Columbo is up for parole.

[Tansy_Gold]

13. No, I had to look that one up

I had moved away by then -- 1976 -- but it was very close to where I grew up.

[Tx4obama]

14. Looks like she can try for parole again in 2014

Link below says she was denied parole in 2011 but can try again in three years

Here: http://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/columbo-patricia.htm

[NaturalHigh]

16. I think she's gotten a couple of votes the past few times.

Smart money says she will never get out, but you never know. She was only nineteen when she and Deluca killed her family.

[erpowers]

5. A Good Movie

I may be wrong, but it seems her life would make a good movie if someone could come up with a screenplay.

[marble falls]

6. There's one hell of a book here and I want to read it!

[MFrohike]

7. Damn

That was just an amazing story. It's creepy and sad, but just amazing.

[TxDemChem]

8. I never knew the extent of her crimes

That was one evil bitch.

[msanthrope]

9. Great read...thank you. nt

[Bill USA]

11. Sorry, just not impressed when hedge fund managers (gamblers) dodge BILLIONS in taxes every year.

watch for the post.....http://www.democraticunderground.com/101681883

[Lasher]

12. Their crimes don't justify hers.

There should be an accounting of those who failed to bring this psychopath to justice.

[JI7]

17. why does it have to be one or the other ? she very likely killed people

[Tx4obama]

15. It is heartbreaking to think of those babies being stolen and the parents not knowing...

... what ever became of them.

[JI7]

18. are people fucking Stupid ? i just started reading some of the comments

but it has idoits saying that it proves Reagan was right.

is it limited thinking, inablity to think critically or what ?

did they actually read this whole piece and decide reagan was right ? WTFFFFFFFF

[Demeter]

19. In a word, yes, they are

Their intellectual integrity is in negative digits. Their entire feeling of self-worth depends upon it.

[closeupready]

20. Fascinating, and riveting - read it in one sitting. Thanks.

Big K&R.