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You’re tired after working a 12-hour shift at the supermarket. You left when the kids went to school, and now you’re back hours after they got home. Your spouse has been gone for months. Your kids watch you enter, and they hungrily wait for you to present them with dinner. …

EDIT: Food stamps for the fewDaily Free Press (subscription)You're tired after working a 12-hour shift at the supermarket. You left when the kids went to school, and now you're back hours after they got home. Your spouse has been gone for months. Your kids watch you enter, and they hungrily …

Food stamps for tattoos were allegedly accepted at a Raleigh, N.C., tattoo parlor, according to police. The owner of the place was allegedly accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards — which provide food stamp benefits to low-income families — from several customers as payment for body art on several occasions …

Democrats look at the food stamps program and see an essential piece of a fraying safety net. Republicans see entitlement spending gone wild. More: continued here

GOP moving forward with food-stamps cuts, and Democrats aren't going to like itHot AirThe House finally filed the food-stamps portion of their bifurcated farm bill on Monday, complete with the utterly, contemptibly “draconian” 5 percent cut to current spending levels that the opposition feared, and the ensuing level of drama …

PolicyMic Living On Food Stamps is a Challenge For This CEO, a Reality For Millions Of …PolicyMicRon Shaich, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Panera, decided to take on the SNAP Challenge and blog about it. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the federally-funded program more commonly known as …

The Atlantic Wire House Bill Would Cut $4B a Year From Food StampsABC NewsThe House is expected to consider a bill this week that would cut food stamps by an estimated $4 billion annually and allow states to put broad new work requirements in place for recipients. The legislation also …

Stamp enthusiasts planning for show in Fall River this weekendFall River Herald NewsThe stamp club is thriving in this email age. Although perhaps knowledge of the term “philatelic” — the study of stamps and postal history — is not. Shaker said when her group sought meeting space locally, they were …

The House is expected to consider a bill this week that would cut food stamps by an estimated $4 billion annually and allow states to put broad new work requirements in place for recipients. The legislation … More: continued here

The House is expected to consider a bill this week that would cut food stamps by around $4 billion annually and allow states to put broad new work requirements in place for recipients. More: continued here