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Read More »Should You Be Able to Buy Junk Food With Food Stamps?
Take this question: Should you be able to use food stamps to buy things like Coke and Snickers? For most taxpayers who don’t receive food stamps, the reflexive answer is probably no. But as a recent Bloomberg article points out, the whole debate is creating strange bedfellows. Think: The soda and …
Read More »GUEST OPINION: Food stamps are an easy political target – Taunton Daily Gazette
Somewhat Reasonable – Heartland Institute (blog) GUEST OPINION: Food stamps are an easy political targetTaunton Daily GazetteIn September, the House of Representatives voted for a measure to reduce SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, by $40 billion over 10 years. Voting to cut food stamps poses little political risk because …
Read More »Eau Claire post office to relocate by October 2014
On November 20, the Eau Claire Redevelopment Authority bought the building that the postal service leases at 126 N. Barstow Street in Eau Claire from the Gateway Industrial Park Corporation for nearly $350,000. More: continued here
Read More »Belvidere Post Office To Host Holiday Open House
The Belvidere Post Office will kick off the holidays by hosting a special open house this Friday, December 6, from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. More: continued here
Read More »Limbaugh Falsely Claims Food Stamps Make Kids Fat – Media Matters for America (blog)
Limbaugh Falsely Claims Food Stamps Make Kids FatMedia Matters for America (blog)Rush Limbaugh attacked a federal program that keeps children from going hungry, arguing that food stamps are instead the cause of childhood obesity — but studies find no link between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP — also called … …
Read More »The Next Big Thing: Connected Window Shopping – Motley Fool
The Business of Fashion The Next Big Thing: Connected Window ShoppingMotley FoolWindow-shopping just got more interesting, thanks to eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY ) . That's because the e-commerce giant is rolling out digital storefronts at malls across the country. eBay first unveiled the shoppable window technology in June through a …Westfield and …
Read More »Don’t buy, sell or use counterfeit stamps — Pos Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia Berhad (Pos Malaysia) yesterday warned the public against buying, selling and using counterfeit stamps […] More: continued here
Read More »Berkeley’s Struggle to Save the Post Office – Wall Street Journal
Berkeley's Struggle to Save the Post OfficeWall Street JournalCommunity groups and elected officials around the country are protesting as the cash-starved U.S. Postal Service shuts down and sells post offices in a bid to raise money and cut expenses. Eliot Brown reports on the News Hub. Photo: Jason Henry for …
Read More »Beloved post office a grand City Hall? – Fort Worth Star Telegram
Beloved post office a grand City Hall?Fort Worth Star TelegramIt was May 19, 2009, and the Fort Worth City Council had just unanimously approved a $200,000 study of leasing the historic downtown post office on Lancaster Avenue to serve as the new City Hall. Mayor Mike Moncrief was enthusiastic, as …
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