Wonkette (satire) Heritage Foundation Notes Food Stamps Given To Stupid College Grads Who …Wonkette (satire)First off, it seems that the Heritage headline, “You Won't Believe How Many Food Stamp Recipients Have Attended College,” is a tad misleading, because they aren't talking about people who finish college, just the number who have attended college, which … More:…
Letter: Updated HVAC would help post office stay afloatTopeka Capital JournalThe U.S. Post Office at 424 S. Kansas is an architectural gem and historical icon, on that no one disagrees. The building is a destination and an anchor for Topeka's downtown district. In thinking about the closure and relocation of the downtown post… More: continued…
CNBC.com Farm Bill Deal Would Cut Food Stamps by 1 PercentABC NewsA House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural lawmakers in an election year. The…
A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Monday agreed to a deal on a farm bill that would end direct subsidies to farms in favor of crop insurance. More: continued here
Working-age people now make up the majority of households that rely on food stamps, for the first time ever. And some experts say this trend is here to stay. More: continued here
7Online.com Expanding financial services is available route for the Post Office, report saysWashington PostThe inspector general's office said loans could be made available to people who have their paycheck directly deposited onto a Postal prepaid card. Consumers could borrow up to 50 percent of their paycheck at an effective annual interest rate of 28 …First-class…
Apple Inc. (AAPL) news: Apple rises, eBay slips following payments report …Seeking AlphaApple (AAPL +1.2%) is rising going into today's FQ1 report, and PayPal parent eBay (EBAY -2%) is selling off, after the WSJ reported Apple is hatching plans for a mobile payments service. Point-of-sale hardware vendors VeriFone (PAY -2.3%) and NCR … More: continued here
KMOV.com 850000 may have $90 less in food stampsKMOV.com(CNN) – A deal on food stamps in Congress could trim as much as $90 a month from 850,000 of the nation's poorest who seek help to buy groceries. The measure is part of the latest farm bill and aims to cut about $9 billion from food…
Washington Post The new face of food stamps: working-age AmericansWashington PostWASHINGTON — In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps— a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients. Some of the change is due to demographics, such …Majority…
Food stamps recipients extend to working poorKTVU San FranciscoThat's the question millions of working age Americans are asking as they join the millions of more traditional food stamp recipients: young children and the elderly. Recent numbers are setting records and boggling minds. Gita Shah and her husband have … More: continued here