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In the decades since President Ronald Regan introduced the Welfare Queen to the world, privileged living has taken on different trappings from driving a Cadillac and eating steak and lobster. So to raise fears over people misusing food stamps, outlets like Fox News have gone far beyond the Old Gipper’s …

Pa. makes heating-aid change to save food stampsYoungstown VindicatorA federal farm bill enacted last month halted a practice referred to as “heat and eat” that provided more food stamps to families that received even minimal heating assistance. The farm bill required at least $20 in heating aid before higher food …

Nibbled to Death by Duck StampsThe Weekly Standard (blog)President Obama's budget released Tuesday would hike duck stamp fees by $140 million over the next decade … the proposal seeks to raise an additional $14 million a year from hunters. The White House Office of Management and Budget projected that …Obama budget …

Charges: Group Used Others' Food Stamps To Buy, Sell GroceriesCBS LocalST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Three people have been charged with using other people's food stamps to purchase groceries and ship them to Africa at a profit. According to the criminal complaints, the group operating the scheme bought up EBT …

Report: Minimum wage hike would cut food stamp spending by $4.6 billion a yearWashington PostRaising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour would reduce federal food stamp spending by $4.6 billion a year, according to a report to be released Wednesday by the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress. …

TheWrap Jon Stewart mocks Fox News' food stamp freakoutSalonJon Stewart had a whale of a time mocking Fox News for its food stamp freakout on Tuesday night's edition of “The Daily Show,” castigating the right-wing propaganda shop for spreading totally unsubstantiated allegations about food stamp fraud in order …Jon Stewart …

Fox News talking heads have a lot of problems with food stamps. As Jon Stewart noted on Tuesday's “Daily Show,” the network's hosts and contributors, from Gretchen Carlson to Sean Hannity, have a long list of items people should not be able to buy with food stamps, from dog food …

TheWrap Jon Stewart Filets Fox News Over Food Stamps: 'What's With the F—ing Fish?'TheWrapAs Jon Stewart noted on Tuesday's “Daily Show,” the network's hosts and contributors, from Gretchen Carlson to Sean Hannity, have a long list of items people should not be able to buy with food stamps, from dog …

Lawmakers Want to Stop Pot Purchases with Food StampsPJ MediaAn Arizona Republican introduced legislation yesterday to ensure that welfare recipients aren't letting their food stamps go to pot. Rep. Paul Gosar's (R-Ariz.) bill would “amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of benefits to … …

Living with Technology / 'Forever' is for stamps not technologyWestport-NewsThe question was about the U.S. Postal Service's "forever" stamps for typical first class letters — and now for international letters, too. This was a brilliant idea that eliminated the need for the Post Office to sell people 1-cent or 2-cent …