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Calorie foods. The agriculture department oversees this. We are joined from washington with someone who follows the usda for us. What are the restrictions under what you can buy with food stamps now, and what would they like to see changed? More: continued here

Washington Post (blog) Harry Potter stamps: Will Owl Post be next?Los Angeles TimesThe stamps, depicting scenes from the movies based on J.K. Rowling's books, went on sale in late November despite vehement opposition from some serious stamp collectors, who objected that they were both un-American and crassly commercial. Michael …Inspector general …

Liberal publication pushes back on food-stamp claimsDaily CallerWhile failing to pay a “living wage,” at least one liberal publication, Davis reported, advised its interns or “fellows” to get on food stamps. That publication? Mother Jones, ironically named after labor leader Mary Harris Jones. “During our first …Mother Jones Advised Intern …

KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia Berhad (Pos Malaysia) today warned the public against buying, selling and using counterfeit stamps, which have been found to be distributed and sold in the market. More: continued here

After living on food stamps, two lawmakers have different visionsWashington PostDecember 2, 2013 4:49 PM EST — In Play talks to two members of Congress from different sides of the aisle who share a similar experience: Both were on food stamps earlier in their life. But each one has a …

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Bernama) — Pos Malaysia Berhad (Pos Malaysia) today warned the public against buying, selling and using counterfeit stamps which have been found to be distributed and sold in the market. More: continued here

Food stamps cut hits families hard in Clark CountyThe Columbian1, the Pfeifer family took a cut of $50 in its monthly SNAP benefit — generally known as food stamps. The family of five now gets $420 a month, down from $470. "We got cut big time," Pfeifer said. More than …

Should Food Stamps Pay for Junk Food?BloombergWhat are the restrictions under what you can buy with food stamps now, and what would they like to see changed? Right now, it is limited to basically alcohol and tobacco and hot, prepared foods, which is pretty simple to enforce from the usda …

Somewhat Reasonable – Heartland Institute (blog) Food Stamp Program Riddled with Waste and FraudSomewhat Reasonable – Heartland Institute (blog)coupon Having already examined the farm subsidy measure of the farm bill in an Illinois Review article published Tuesday, November 26 , it is necessary to bring understanding to the other part …

Kathleen Parker: Food stamps and turkey talesSTLtoday.comIf you peruse the news on any given day, the farm bill/food stamp debate produces two general impressions: Republicans are heartless turkey thieves; Democrats are spendthrift welfare caterers. If only neither were a little bit right. As with tabloid …and more » More: continued here