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Letters: Strict about food stampsLos Angeles TimesReseda The writer of your article is amazed that liberal, magnanimous, Democrat California has such (overly) stringent qualifications for receiving taxpayer assistance in the form of food stamps. Fingerprinting, he notes, “is an exercise typically … More: continued here

Deputies: Inmate sold drugs hidden behind postage stampsTampabay.comInvestigations found that mail containing the orange squares had been sent to Gavin and his cellmate, Rushing, who faces a carjacking charge. Testing showed that the squares contained Suboxone. The stamps were later sold to other inmates for $20 each, …Three arrested for smuggling …

Despite more jobs, number of food stamp recipients keeps risingSun-SentinelEven though the unemployment rate in Palm Beach County has dropped from 9.6 percent to 7.7 since last July, the number of food stamps recipients has jumped to 194,120, an increase of 6.3 percent, according to the latest data from the …

Food Stamp Cuts Would Deny Benefits To At Least 4 Million: CBPPHuffington PostA recent Fox News poll found 94 percent of respondents were okay with food stamps going to a "laid-off worker who wants a job and doesn't have the money to feed his family" but 91 percent opposed food …

Food stamps: A good deal for all CaliforniansLos Angeles TimesThe state would bring in billions of dollars in federal money for additional food stamps if more people participated. That money would bolster the state's economy when recipients make purchases in the state's supermarkets. And California would save …Government 'Help': CA …

Despite a dramatic increase in workers finding jobs in the past year, the number of people on food stamps in Broward and Palm Beach counties continues to rise to historic levels.         More: continued here

Study Finds That More Americans Are Selling Food Stamps For CashOpposing ViewsA new study by the Agriculture Department has found that the percentage of Americans selling their food stamps back to stores for cash has gone up by 30 percent over the past few years. The study compared the periods …

Government 'Help': CA Bureaucracy Makes Food Stamps Hard To Get For Those …PJ MediaLiberal California discourages eligible people from signing up for food stamps at rates conservative activists elsewhere envy. Only about half of the Californians who qualify for help get it. That stands in contrast to other states, including …

In May, 86,720 more Americans applied to the federal food stamps program. The swelling participation in the food stamps program shows that Americans are still feeling the effects of the prolonged economic downturn. More: continued here

Delay in food stamps depletes local food bankLincoln Times-NewsMore than a month after a software system with North Carolina's Department of Social Services crashed, backlogging food stamps issuances for numerous counties, including Lincoln, the problem remains at a standstill. In fact, the issue is now affecting … More: continued here