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One in four people who live in the District receive food stamps. The program will lose $5 billion on Friday. More: continued here

Cuts to food stamps reflect the lapse of a temporary increase in benefits created by the Obama administration's stimulus program, and are likely to deepen. More: continued here

On Friday people on federal food stamps will see less money and Western Washington food banks are bracing for the impact.   The 2009 Federal stimulus plan is ending and that will mean roughly $30 less per month for a family of three. “I get $367 in food stamps and I spend every penny of it,”…

WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further cuts to the program. More: continued here

WASHINGTON – More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further cuts to the program. Beginning in November, a temporary benefit from the 2009 economic stimulus that boosts food stamp dollars will no longer be available. According to the…

Reforming the Swelling Food Stamps ProgramHeritage.orgFood Stamps is Growing Rapidly. Today, about 47 million Americans, or one in seven, receives food stamps. Food stamp spending has been soaring, doubling from roughly $20 billion to $40 billion between fiscal years (FY) 2000 and 2007 and then doubling … More: continued here

Salon “Riots always begin typically the same way”: Food stamp shutdown looms FridaySalonFood stamp recipients face a massive benefit cut set to kick in when stimulus funds expire Friday. The nationwide cut “is equivalent to about 16 meals a month for a family of three,” according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis…

Kroger CEO on customers and food stampsYahoo NewsEmbed. Link. 5 minutes ago, CNBC Videos. If you take anything out of food stamps, it makes them (customers) stretch their budgets, says David Dillon, Kroger CEO, discussing his company's strategy to keep prices low while still creating shareholder value.and more » More: continued here

I can't remember a more misguided attempt at attacking corporations than the move to frame food stamps as corporate welfare. Clearly liberals clinging to this think they have found a new clever argument for the minimum wage, but instead all they're doing is making food stamps look bad. Here is one highlight from a recent…

Nov. 1 reduction in federal nutrition-assistance payments will cause hunger to flare across the U.S., experts warn More: continued here