The Republican war on food stamps

I mentioned yesterday that a conservative group was targeting Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford for, among other things, not going along with the Republican Party's war on food stamps. They are pushing for big cuts in the program, while Crawford has championed legislation that includes outlays for food stamps. If …

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Nobel-winning economist Krugman on the value of food stamps

For the past few years, New York Times op-ed writer and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has been repeatedly explaining how Catholic Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal — the official budget of the Republican Party — doesn't make sense mathematically, is harmful to the economy and is mean-spirited towards the …

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