Rep. Frank Glidewell of Fort Smith tells a TV station there that he “just wants to get them help” by denying welfare to people who use alcohol or drugs. Starve ’em; that works every time. He and his fellow idealist and lover of humankind Denny Altes are pushing for legislation to be taken up in the 2009 General Assembly. Here’s the print story from the Northwest Arkansas Times.

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