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Price of postage stamps fell this weekend
Jefferson Post Beginning April 10, the price of a first-class stamp dropped two cents, to 47 cents. The reduction is the result of an expiring surcharge that had been put in place in January 2014 to help the beleaguered Postal Service recoup $4.6 billion in losses … |
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Reducing entitlement spending and eliminating what Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan calls the “dependency culture” is a big 2012 election issue. President Barack Obama and Republican Challenger Mitt Romney hold diametrically opposite views on how to pay for the nation’s welfare programs. In the interest of reducing the deficit, Romney wants deep cuts that…
Six dates slated for September by Philip Weiss AuctionsUSPRwire (press release), UK –3 hours agoThe following Saturday, September 27, at 11 am, stamps and coins will take center stage, beginning with Part 3 of The Newport Stamp Collection. … More: continued here
Cornel West On 'Crossfire': Republicans Cutting Food Stamps Is 'Morally …Huffington PostCornel West clashed with S.E. Cupp and Bill Kristol on Monday's "Crossfire" over the Republican effort to cut food stamps, calling it "morally obscene and spiritually profane." The panel was discussing whether the Republican party lacks "compassion …and more » More: continued here
NYC Might Be Forced to Lift Food Stamp Fingerprint RuleNBC New YorkMayor Bloomberg has been criticized for insisting on fingerprinting for food stamps in New York despite low levels of fraud. New York City is only one of … More: continued here
Politico Stabenow open to more Farm Bill food stamp reformsThe Hill (blog)Passage of a five-year farm bill in the lame-duck session appears to still be hung up on the issue of food-stamp benefit cuts. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said Thursday she remains opposed to the food-stamp cuts in …Senate Democrat says she…
Here And Now Trump budget boosts health by slashing benefits – USA TodayUSA TODAYThere is no constitutional right to free junk food. Trump's proposed food stamp reforms are a clean break from the Obama-era fantasy that handouts will make …Trump's Budget Plan Threatens Federal Food Stamp Program | Here …Here And NowTrump's Own Supporters and Others…