The vote by the House of Representatives on Thursday to slash billions from food stamps has rocked local advocates for the poor, who see the move as a potential blow to people already struggling to survive. More: continued here
Scottish Daily Record MP and councillors react to plans to sell off Royal MailScottish Daily RecordThe UK Government has faced an avalanche of fierce criticism after it confirmed plans last week to privatise Royal Mail. Business secretary Vince Cable said the stock market flotation of the centuries-old national institution was expected to happen in ……
Meeting to protest Royal Mail privatisation planNews & StarA TRADES union campaign against the privatisation of Royal Mail holds a public meeting in Carlisle on Monday. A speaker from the Communication Workers' Union will address the meeting, at the V Bar in Fisher Street at 7pm. There will also be a speaker … More: continued here
YourErie Make Food Stamps Make SenseNational Review Online (blog)Jason Voorhees (I., Camp Crystal Lake) is a slasher; Eric Cantor (R., Virginia) is not. Representative Cantor is at most a trimmer, not that you would know it from recent headlines raising the alarm over his plan to “slash” food-stamp spending. He has …57000 Use Food Stamps…
Washington Post (blog) Who voted for and against the food stamp bill?Washington Post (blog)The House narrowly approved a measure Thursday evening that would cut about $39 billion in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as food stamps— over the next decade. House Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor (R-Va.) … More: continued here
The Ewa community voiced their concerns Friday about a possible closure of their neighborhood post office. More: continued here
Wall Street Journal Won't Work for Food StampsWall Street JournalJohn Lewis was furious. "They're coming for the children. They're coming for the poor. They're coming for the sick, the elderly and the disabled," said the Georgia Democrat. He was speaking in 1996 during the debate over welfare reform that he … More: continued here
Jackie Speier Protests Food Stamp Cuts With Steak, Vodka, CaviarHuffington PostThe House of Representatives voted to slash nearly $40 billion in food stamp aid Thursday. Though members advocating for the aid program ultimately lost, it wasn't for lack of trying. In a five-minute plea against the cuts, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif …and more » More: continued…
Food Stamps Again a Vivid Symbol in Poverty DebateABC NewsFood stamps have figured in Americans' ideas about the poor for decades, from President Lyndon Johnson's vision of a Great Society to President Ronald Reagan's scorn for crooked "welfare queens" and President Bill Clinton's pledge to "end welfare as we … More: continued here
The UK Government has faced an avalanche of fierce criticism after it confirmed plans last week to privatise Royal Mail. More: continued here