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Wonkette (satire) USDA Finds Farm Subsidy Waste, So GOP Will Cut Food StampsWonkette (satire)Livin' large on the federal dole! So our little mommyblog has been harping on the Republicans in Congress because of their strong desire to ensure that poor people don't eat, because poor people are just wasting taxpayer …

Daily Beast Starving the PoorDaily BeastBewitched by urban legends that welfare cheaters are using food stamps to pay for steak and crab legs, the GOP aims to gut $40 billion from the assistance program. Like · Tweet. Between 2007 and 2008, the recession caused millions of Americans fell …Kansas Will …

Starting in October in Ohio, most able-bodied adults without children won’t be able to get food stamps unless they work, get job training, or show they’re looking for work. More: continued here

Issue of "Local Mail Postage" and "Air Mail Postage" stamps on October 17thSpace Interactive (press release)Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Hongkong Post announced today (September 6) the issue of two stamps bearing "Local Mail Postage" and "Air Mail Postage" indications respectively on October 1 (Tuesday). Adopting the designs of the Heartwarming …

Slashing food stamps would shift costs, not saveBangor Daily NewsUnfortunately, the Backpack Program and initiatives like it will be in greater demand if Republicans in Congress have their way and are able to slash funding for food stamps. Some 46 percent of Maine public school students last year qualified for …

The faces behind food stampsAiken StandardStaff photo by Maayan Schechter Aiken resident Bobby Daniels, 59 has qualified for food stamps twice and is on disability. Entering college out of high school, Aiken resident Tiffanie Carter, 37, dreamed of pursuing career dreams, not collecting food … More: continued here

Lawmakers living on food stamp budget for a weekKPHO PhoenixSeveral lawmakers at all levels of government are giving the food stamp budget a shot, finding out just how far $29 per week will go. State Rep. Mark Cardenas, for example, went to a Phoenix supermarket on the slim budget to …

Beaverton Police Department fires officer facing charges of food stamp fraud …OregonLive.comA Beaverton police officer, facing criminal charges of food stamp fraud and child rape, was fired from his position with the agency last month, according to the department. Christopher R. Warren, 33, was terminated on Aug. 9, after Beaverton …

Kris Kobach, Syria, food stampsKansas City StarFood stamp need. Thanks to The Star for the Sept. 1 articles on food stamps, “Kansas sees a food stamp fight.” We in the 4th District of Missouri have one of the worst tea partier representatives. She is on the committee that wants so …

By Tribune-Review We would like to address misinformation concerning food stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), in the editorial “Food stamps: Chew on … More: continued here