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USPS honors WWII Vets with stamp series – W*USA 9

W*USA 9 USPS honors WWII Vets with stamp seriesW*USA 9Originally, the Postal Service considered putting medal recipients' faces on the stamps, but it wanted to make sure the stamp package honored all 464 World War II recipients. Each package consists of 20 stamps on a souvenir sheet. It lists the …

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Congress slashes food stamps – Detroit Free Press (blog)

Congress slashes food stampsDetroit Free Press (blog)Mike Thompson: Congress slashes food stamps. Is it time to bring back child labor?- 11:58 am. 'MiWeek': Mike Duggan's big election win, health care in Michigan. On this episode of 'MiWeek:' Christy McDonald and contributors, Nolan Finley and Stephen … More: continued here

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Should Food Stamps Buy Soda? – The Atlantic

Should Food Stamps Buy Soda?The AtlanticBlanca Salas, a woman in McAllen, Texas, stretches her $430 in monthly food stamp benefits to buy food for herself and her five children, yet her entire family is developing diabetes and other health problems, as the Washington Post reported this weekend.Food Stamps Buy $2 …

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Food Stamps Buy $2 Billion in Junk Food Leaving Many Obese – Newsmax.com

Food Stamps Buy $2 Billion in Junk Food Leaving Many ObeseNewsmax.comWith almost one-in-seven Americans receiving food stamps, policy experts are asking if the feeding program is creating, rather than solving, problems, The Washington Post reported. In South Texas, recipients often buy cheap processed junk food that …and more » More: continued …

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Food stamp users aren’t villains – Baltimore Sun

Lexington Herald Leader Food stamp users aren't villainsBaltimore SunIn all levels of all programs and institutions, public or private, big or small, government or corporate, there is some degree of fraud or mismanagement ("Food stamp fraud is real and must be stopped," Nov. 6). There is no way to have …

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