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Wisconsin wants to discourage the poor from spending food stamps on junk food …
Washington Post (blog) The list of things lawmakers are seeking to prevent poor people from doing with government assistance seems to grow by the day. Not to be left out of the recent wave of legislative attempts, Wisconsin lawmakers revived efforts to require food-stamp… |
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Nearly 40,000 Minnesotans Could Lose Food StampsPublic News ServiceCuts in funding for food stamps, or what are now called SNAP benefits, are expected to be included in a new Farm Bill. Colleen Moriarty, executive director of Hunger Solutions Minnesota, says SNAP shouldn't be cut because there's still a great need … More: continued here
TBO.com In comeback bid, Jim Norman spends on food, stamps and political …TBO.comTAMPA — No one has spent more than Jim Norman in the race for Hillsborough County's open commission seat.and more » More: continued here
Send letters with stamps that smell of rosesNYOOOZSummary: We would provide him with a sheet of 12 stamps," said Yadav adding that only alive persons would be given place on the stamps. JODHPUR: With the season of spring as well as Valentine's Day round the corner, the postal department has rolled … More: continued here
House asks Finance, BIR to end talks on tax stampsManila Standard TodayLawmakers also urged concerned government agencies to investigate officials involved in the multi-billion peso tax stamp deal and file appropriate criminal …and more » More: continued here
In the spring of 1961, Alderson Muncy, a miner from West Virginia, traveled 22 miles to a grocery store where the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture awaited his arrival with a television crew and $95 in food stamps. The food allowance would need to cover meals for the jobless man, his wife, and their 13 children…