Welfare, booze, and slots
Last-ditch Baker campaign move drew on an ugly tradition
By 
Maurice Cunningham
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On Nov. 7 the Globe ran a story describing Gov. Deval Patrick as angry that during the campaign Republicans had tried to blame him for a long-established system that provides some welfare recipients access to cash for unrestricted use. Patrick was angry, he said, because in fact Republicans were blocking him from fixing the system.(...)