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A Sad First: Working People Now Need Food Stamps More than Kids, ElderlyBillMoyers.comMaggie Barcellano helps her daughter, Zoe, 3, use a pepper grinder with dinner at Barcellano's father's house in Austin, Texas on Jan. 25, 2014. Barcellano, who lives with her father, enrolled in the food stamps program to help …

Wonkette (satire) Heritage Foundation Notes Food Stamps Given To Stupid College Grads Who …Wonkette (satire)First off, it seems that the Heritage headline, “You Won't Believe How Many Food Stamp Recipients Have Attended College,” is a tad misleading, because they aren't talking about people who finish college, just the number who …

CNBC.com Farm Bill Deal Would Cut Food Stamps by 1 PercentABC NewsA House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural lawmakers …

A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Monday agreed to a deal on a farm bill that would end direct subsidies to farms in favor of crop insurance. More: continued here

Working-age people now make up the majority of households that rely on food stamps, for the first time ever. And some experts say this trend is here to stay. More: continued here

KMOV.com 850000 may have $90 less in food stampsKMOV.com(CNN) – A deal on food stamps in Congress could trim as much as $90 a month from 850,000 of the nation's poorest who seek help to buy groceries. The measure is part of the latest farm bill and aims to cut …

Washington Post The new face of food stamps: working-age AmericansWashington PostWASHINGTON — In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps— a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients. Some of the change …

Food stamps recipients extend to working poorKTVU San FranciscoThat's the question millions of working age Americans are asking as they join the millions of more traditional food stamp recipients: young children and the elderly. Recent numbers are setting records and boggling minds. Gita Shah and her husband have … More: continued …

A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill. More: continued here

Face of food stamps under Obama changes from elderly to working ageWashington TimesThe economy under President Obama has changed so dramatically that food stamps are no longer given mostly to the very old or the very young, but rather to working class and working age individuals. One in seven Americans …