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HuffPost The Food Stamp Program Is An Overwhelming Success. That Might Also Be Its Downfall.HuffPostThe child's mother explained they had no money and couldn't afford food stamps. Kennedy had seen poverty all around the world, but claimed he'd never seen anything as bad as what he saw in Mississippi. “He …

Primer: Barber in the NYT, Rubber Stamps for Trump, and Other Things You Need to Know TodayThe Independent WeeklyWHAT IT MEANS: Right now—with the exception of Jones—North Carolina's congressional Republicans are basically rubber stamps for Trump's agenda, whether that's dismantling Dodd-Frank or repealing Obamacare or gutting environmental protections. More: continued …

Linn’s Stamp News Stamps that look scrumptious enough to eat: Netherlands' Dutch Treats pane of 10Linn’s Stamp NewsThe Netherlands highlights regional delicacies on a pane of 10 stamps issued June 19. The Netherlands' PostNL calls this issue “Dutch Treats.” The treats pictured were selected in consultation with the Dutch Center …

legal Insurrection (blog) Cook County Exempts Food Stamps From Soda Taxlegal Insurrection (blog)Purchases made with food stamps cannot have state and local taxes tacked onto them, according to federal law. Cook county tried to bypass that law, but none of the options officials used took off. So this means that …

BBC News World's oldest stamp business Stanley Gibbons up for saleBBC NewsStanley Gibbons, the 160-year-old rare stamp and collectables business, has put itself up for sale. The company has identified the Middle East and Asia as new markets for potential growth, but said expansion would require further investment. It said …

Fortune Amazon Prime Food Stamps: New Venture Could Test Walmart …FortuneAmazon Prime's new discount membership for low-income people on food stamps could cut into the sales of traditional retailers.and more » More: continued here

Trump budget cuts would slash food stamp funding – The IndependentMassillon IndependentPresident Donald Trump's budget plan would shift some of the cost of the program to states, reduce eligibility and beef up work requirements to save some $193 …and more » More: continued here

Fortune How Amazon's Newest Venture Could Test WalmartFortuneAccording to Morningstar, nearly $1 out of every $5 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (more widely known as “food stamps” using EBT cards) was spent at Walmart last year, amounting to roughly $13 billion. Just 21 publicly … More: continued here

Trump budget cuts would slash food stamp funding – News – The …Massillon IndependentPresident Donald Trump's budget plan would shift some of the cost of the program to states, reduce eligibility and beef up work requirements to save some $193 …and more » More: continued here

Trump budget cuts would slash food stamp fundingMassillon IndependentThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which also has been known as food stamps, dates back to 1964 — though pilot programs existed before then — and, to hear advocates tell it, has been one of the most effective anti-hunger programs.and more » More: …