government shutdown elicits concern among food stamp recipientsTwitchyI can't spend 350 in cash— Roc Rogers (@Charismatic_Roc) September 30, 2013. He needn't worry. Illegal commerce in food stamps is one of the few sectors of the U.S. economy that is quite strong … and it is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.Oct. 1 Letters:…
Why the GOP Is Really Waging Its War on Food StampsIn These TimesThough I am no longer at the RNC, I smell the same tactic in House Republicans' recent vote to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly known as food stamps: It is simply more symbolism and political soap opera for Fox News viewers …and…
Many food stamp users must satisfy new requirementsMinnesota Public RadioST. PAUL, Minn. — Thousands of Minnesotans will have to meet work requirements in order to receive food stamps — officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — for more than three months. The change will affect able … More: continued here
Waterbury Republican American Which Comes First: A $1 Postage Stamp, or a Chicago Cubs World Series?Businessweek (blog)The U.S. Postal Service, fresh off a decade of rapid stamp price inflation, is at it again: It wants to raise the price of first-class stamps, to 49¢ from 46¢. If this 6.5 percent increase takes effect next year,…
Heritage.org (blog) House and Senate face deep divide over food stampsAgri NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — Farm-state lawmakers hoping for passage of a farm bill by the end of the year will have to bridge a deep divide between the House and the Senate over the role of the government in helping the nation's poor. The House…
IPR researcher knocks GOP on food stamps voteDaily Northwestern (blog)A Northwestern researcher is pushing back against the House of Representatives' vote to cut $40 billion from food stamps— and she says she has the data to prove her point. The House voted Sept. 19 to cut funding by $40 billion over 10 years from the …In…
Asia: A New Market For The Stamp SavvyChina Digital TimesLike so much of the global economy these days, the center of the world's multibillion-dollar stamp-collecting market is shifting east. Auction houses are sprouting up in Hong Kong, Singapore and Beijing, and rich collectors are catching the bug … More: continued here
Trading stamps were once the rageThe Newark AdvocateTrading stamps were around for quite some time, and just about everyone can find something in their home “purchased” with trading stamps. The idea was started by the Sperry and Hutchinson Co. in the late 1930s; therefore, the first stamps were S&H …and more » More: continued here
Urging More Senior Citizens To Apply for Food StampsWGRZ-TVBuffalo, NY – Erie County is teaming up with the United Way and the AARP to urge more senior citizens to sign up for the Federal SNAP program. That's the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program which used to be known as food stamps. A new study from …and more »…
Clarence Page: Fight over food-stamps hurts neediest the mostOmaha World-HeraldBefore the House voted a few weeks back to cut food stamps by almost $40 million over the next 10 years, Politico reports, lawmakers from both parties received copies of a recent Fox News report, “The Great Food Stamp Binge.” The report profiles Jason … More: continued…