The Crazy Republican War on Food Stamps

It’s been four years since the recovery began, but for millions of people it never did. Jobs are still hard to come by, and policymakers have mostly given up trying to make them less so. But even worse … More: continued here

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OUYA supplies steady as eBay price-gouge undermined – SlashGear

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The Crazy Republican War on Food Stamps – The Atlantic

The Atlantic The Crazy Republican War on Food StampsThe AtlanticThe farm bill failed in the House last week after conservative Republicans revolted over what they thought were too-small cuts, and liberal Democrats did over what they thought were too-big cuts to food stamps. As Josh Barro of Business Insider points …

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House to consider cuts to food stamps – Las Vegas Sun

UPI.com House to consider cuts to food stampsLas Vegas SunA wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. Passage of the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill could …

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Pennsylvania lags in food-stamp approvals – Philly.com

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