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THE PERPETUALLY-STRUGGLING U.S. Postal Service has bankers in a tizzy after floating a plan to branch into what it called 'non-bank financial services' — that somehow sound a lot like what lenders do. FLASHBACK: Unions threaten protests, boycotts over Postal Service's Staples outlets VIDEO: Would you do your banking at …

Business Insider CHART OF THE DAY: The Stunning Rise Of Disability, Food Stamp And Welfare …Business InsiderIn the wake of the financial crisis and great recession, the U.S. unemployment rate has tumbled precipitously from 10.0% to 6.7% in just four years. "Only three other times in the past six decades …

John Stoehr says the farm bill will cut food stamps by $8 billion over the next decade, which might be justifiable if it didn't give $90 billion to agribusiness More: continued here

Chicagomag.com The Benefits of Food Stamps Go Far Beyond NutritionChicagomag.comHoynes and Schanzenbach cleverly used a natural experiment to investigate the effects of food stamps: the slow, decade-plus-long rollout of the food-stamp program in the 1960s and 1970s, the main variable being “the share of time between conception and … More: continued …

KERO-TV 23 Senate passes Farm Bill, sends to Obama, helps food stamps, crop insuranceKERO-TV 23WASHINGTON – The sweeping farm bill that Congress sent to President Obama Tuesday has something for almost everyone, from the nation's 47 million food stamp recipients to Southern peanut growers, Midwest corn farmers and the maple …

Farm bill: What is ahead for farmers, food stamps?USA TODAYThe bill focuses on subsidies for farmers as well as the SNAP, or food stamps, program. Loading… Post to Facebook. Farm bill: What is ahead for farmers, food stamps? on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1kTd1ov. Incorrect please try again. Try Another. More: continued here

Kroll Show: “Sponsored By Stamps”A.V. Club Denver/BoulderI didn't think Kroll Show could take the joke about Nash Rickey's band's reunion show being sponsored by “stamps” any further. We'd already had everything you might think of—obvious product placement within the show, annoying pop-ups, a ridiculously … More: continued here

Philly.com Big cuts to food-stamp program will hit Pa., N.J. hardPhilly.comFood stamps nationwide will be cut by more than $8 billion over the next 10 years, with a significant portion of the decrease borne by Pennsylvania and New Jersey residents – many of whom are disabled, elderly, or children. A …

CNNMoney Senate passes farm billCNNMoneyLawmakers say the deal will prevent 16 states and the District of Columbia from doling out more generous food stamps to people who get federal help to heat or cool their homes, even if the help is as little as $1. They stress the move won't …

What's the likely impact of the cut to food stamps that just passed Congress?Denver Post25, 2014, at The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri. Local aid agencies worry food stamp cuts that took effect in November will put more strain on the poor just as Congress appears poised to …