MyFoxOrlando.com Crist told that food stamps will create jobsThe News-Press, FLBy Bill Cotterell • The News-Press Capital Bureau • April 3, 2009 TALLAHASSEE – The economic hard times driving thousands of families onto food stamps will have beneficial ripple effects in creating jobs, the head of Florida's major welfare agency told …
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