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World Magazine Caribbean immigrants ship food home using food stampsWorld MagazineElectronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards work like a debit system for both food stamps and cash assistance. Poor Caribbean immigrants have access to foodstuffs that would be expensive luxuries in countries like Haiti, where many people lack basic items.Report: NY …

A necessary divorceChicago TribuneIn what passes for good news on Capitol Hill, a bitterly divided Congress finally took a step toward undoing the dysfunctional marriage of convenience between food stamps and farm subsidies. House Republicans this month pushed through a farm bill …Cutting food stamps will mean more hungry children, …

Edirtorial: A necessary divorceChicago TribuneIn what passes for good news on Capitol Hill, a bitterly divided Congress finally took a step toward undoing the dysfunctional marriage of convenience between food stamps and farm subsidies. House Republicans this month pushed through a farm bill …Food Stamps Hamstring Agriculture TalksWall Street JournalDon't …

KSTP.com In Case You Missed It: The little prince, food stamps and Scott WalkerCapital TimesThere was a period Monday afternoon when not much made it through the newsosphere other than the news that a royal heir had been born in England, but it dried up fairly quickly once the novelty …

Milwaukee Rep. Mandela Barnes keeps reminder of his time on food stampsMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend), who said food stamps were making some young people dependent on government. "When I was on food stamps, I had a job. And I tell people that all the time. I am …

Minneapolis Star Tribune Fox Hypes Baseless Attack On Food StampsMedia Matters for AmericaFox News continued its smear campaign against the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as food stamps, by hyping an evidence-free claim that recipients are using the program to send food overseas. A July 21 New York …Cutting …

Some recipients of the $75 billion federal program use the benefit to buy favorite treats for relatives in the Caribbean. More: continued here

Audit finds inmates, fugitives receiving food stamps, unemployment and other …CorrectionsOneThe benefits include food stamps, medical care, unemployment, child care and living expenses, among other assistance programs. Information about how many fugitives or inmates in the Top of Utah were improperly qualifying for benefits was not included … More: continued …

Don't separate food stamps from farm billIndependent reporterWe saw that again this past week when the House, on the heels of a failed attempt in June, narrowly passed a farm bill — after the legislation was stripped of hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for food stamps or SNAP, …

Food stamp debate hits close to home for South Side familyBillings GazetteIf pride could fill her daughter's dinner plate, Crystal Rondeaux wouldn't have applied for food stamps. Newly married and between jobs, Rondeaux found herself without a full paycheck for much of June and all of July. She and husband, …