Wednesday Must Reads: Berkeley Post Office Taken Off the Market; Ex-CHP …East Bay Express1. The US Postal Service has taken the historic downtown Berkeley post office off the real estate market, the Trib$ reports. The USPS is attributing its move to litigation filed against the proposed sale of the building, …
Read More »GovBeat: More children receive food stamps today than before the start of the recession
In 2014, 16 million children received food stamp assistance, compared with 9 million in 2007. More: continued here
Read More »One in five US children now rely on food stamps: Census data – Reuters
Reuters One in five US children now rely on food stamps: Census dataReutersThe roughly one in five children who received food stamps in 2014 surpassed pre-recession levels, when one in eight or 9 million children were on food stamps, according to the U.S. Census survey of American families released on …
Read More »More children receive food stamps today than before the start of the recession – Washington Post (blog)
Washington Post (blog) More children receive food stamps today than before the start of the recessionWashington Post (blog)One in five children received food stamps last year, a higher figure than before the recession began, data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Families and Living Arrangements study released Wednesday found. The Census …
Read More »One in Five U.S. Children Depends On Food Stamps
Roughly 16 million U.S. children under the age of 18—about one in five—received food stamps last year, according to statistics on families released by the Census Bureau on Wednesday. More: continued here
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Read More »1 in 5 American kids rely on food stamps
In the industrialized world, only one country has a higher rate of child poverty rate than the U.S. More: continued here
Read More »India’s Basic Income, Or, Let’s Abolish Food Stamps And Make Everyone Richer – Forbes
India's Basic Income, Or, Let's Abolish Food Stamps And Make Everyone RicherForbesI've been sent a copy of a new book, Basic Income, A Transformative Policy for India, by the publishers, Bloomsbury, to whom thanks. It's thoroughly wonkish and if you're interested in in the design of welfare systems for poor …
Read More »One in five U.S. children now rely on food stamps- Census data
The number of children in the United States relying on food stamps for a meal spiked to 16 million last year, according federal data, signaling a lopsided economic recovery in which lower income families are still lagging behind. Republicans in Congress have sought to cut back on the Supplemental Nutritional …
Read More »Are Stamp Auction Agents For You?
Auctions are the most common way to buy investment quality stamps, so it is a good idea to understand the dynamics involved. Auction houses make it easy to bid without you being present in the room. This sales process is both necessary and desirable, else selling stamps would More: continued …
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