Kansas City Star As I See It | Fair policy on food stamps for KansansKansas City StarLast October, the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services revised the way it calculates eligibility for the federal food stamp program to make it fair and non-discriminatory. The former policy treated applicants in such a way as to…
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TNT Post prepares for direct challengeFinancial TimesBy Brian Groom, Business and Employment Editor TNT Post, Royal Mail's largest private sector rival, plans to go head-to-head with the state-owned postal operator by launching its own delivery service for bulk and direct mail. The move would break Royal … More: continued here
Gingrich Blasts "Liberal" Romney, "Food Stamp President" ObamaRTT NewsHe struck a defiant pose against critics who charge him with racism in the wake of his claim that Obama will be known as the "Food Stamp President." "I described something which is factually true," Gingrich said. "His failed economic policies have …and more » More: continued here
Fair policy on food stamps for KansansKansas City StarJEFF KAHRS Last October, the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services revised the way it calculates eligibility for the federal food stamp program to make it fair and non-discriminatory. The former policy treated applicants in such a way … More: continued here
The Star's editorial | A food stamp fiascoKansas City StarSam Brownback's office, are scrambling to defend their hardhearted decision to deny food stamps for needy children who are US citizens living with illegal immigrants. The stance of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services appears on … More: continued here
The Hindu How postal services try to have stamp of modernityThe HinduHis relationship with the post office started when he was barely 10. S. Sampath, a septuagenarian, continues to correspond through what many people call the “snail mail service” despite all odds and dissuasion from his family. For over 60 years, … More: continued here
Welfare issue makes political comebackBoston HeraldBy Dawn Turner Trice / Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently offered to attend an NAACP convention to explain why African-Americans "should demand paychecks instead of food stamps.Poverty and PerceptionOpEdNewsall 2 news articles » More: continued here
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Obama Administration Offers $75000 Grants to Sign Up More Food Stamp RecipientsBig Governmentby Wynton Hall Over the last three years, the number of Americans on food stamps has skyrocketed by two-thirds and stands at a record-high 46 million citizens, or one out of every seven people in the United States. Despite the historic rise in…