New Yorkers Using Food Stamps to Send Food to Relatives in the CaribbeanReason (blog)Food stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Welfare recipients are buying groceries with their Electronic Benefit Transfer … …
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Town Hall NY food stamp recipients sending food abroad, could be happening elsewhereDaily CallerNot only can the Agriculture Department boast that food stamps feed more than 47 million people in America annually, it turns out taxpayers are also inadvertently feeding ineligible people abroad. The New York Post reports that New …
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Town Hall NY food stamps purchases routinely sent to relatives overseasBizPac Review“I don't want food-stamp police to see what people do with their rice and beans, but it's wrong,” Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, told The Post. “The purpose of this program is to help Americans …
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VVN Music Rush Postage Stamps ReleasedantiMUSIC.com(hennemusic) Rush fans can now purchase Canadian postage stamps featuring the legendary band as part of the official release of the Canadian Recording Artist stamp series. Rush's stamp features the iconic Rush Starman. Along with Rush, The Tragically …KFIX Rock News: Rush, Guess Who Stamps Debut …
Read More »Food stamps aren’t the place for cuts – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune Food stamps aren't the place for cutsMinneapolis Star TribuneThere's an argument to be made that the failure to adopt a version of these respected plans and reach a so-called “grand bargain” on the federal budget in recent years has led to the current, out-of-the-national-character targeting of the …
Read More »Report: NY Food Stamp Recipients Shipping Taxpayer-Funded Groceries to … – Town Hall
Town Hall Report: NY Food Stamp Recipients Shipping Taxpayer-Funded Groceries to …Town HallFood aid is meant to help the poorest among us who do not have enough to eat. But a report by the New York Post finds that food stamps aren't just helping Americans. It turns out recipients of …
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Bob Stamps, 65, a professor of environmental horticulture at the University of Florida's Research and Education Center in Apopka, was elected recently as a fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Planning to retire this month, Stamps spent much of his 35-year career testing water conservation methods for farmers. …
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Retiring researcher help cut water usage of Florida foliage farmersOrlando SentinelBob Stamps, 65, a professor of environmental horticulture at the University of Florida's Research and Education Center in Apopka, was elected recently as a fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Planning to retire this month, Stamps… More: continued …
Read More »Agribusiness Subsidy Cuts Could Save Food Stamps in the Farm Bill – Truth-Out
Wall Street Journal Agribusiness Subsidy Cuts Could Save Food Stamps in the Farm BillTruth-OutThe break in tradition came when the House stripped nutrition programs – notably food stamps, vital to nearly one in seven struggling Americans – out of the bill after many Republicans voted against an earlier version because …
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Welfare for the rich Thank you for printing the article about what has happened with food stamps and the farm bill. [“A food-stamp fight over values,” page one, July 18.] It is important for the American people to understand that many Republicans in our government, and our country, do no …
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