Morning Bell: Washington Is Cuckoo for Food StampsHeritage.org (blog)“This is not about being against food stamps or against farm programs,” Bakst says. “We're not talking about taking away a safety net from the struggling small farmer. What we're talking about is trying to develop some reforms to make some commonsense … …
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