- WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican plan to reconcile the budget and preserve defense spending extracts even deeper cuts from programs to help the poor and Americans still reeling from the recession. (Huffington Post)
- Food-stamp use has been increasing even as unemployment declines, a break with historic patterns as more eligible recipients such as those stuck in part-time jobs take advantage of the program. (Bloomberg)
- Nadya Suleman once again is in the news for allegations of neglecting her children. As the news first broke that child protective services was at her house on Tuesday, so far the star has said little. (Examiner)
- WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House weighed in sharply Wednesday against a House GOP move to break last summers budget pact by cutting the annual budgets for nondefense programs funded through annual appropriations bills. (msnbc.com)
- A Quincy, Mass., grocery store owner was arrested last week on criminal charges of engaging in a scheme with customers to trade federal food stamp benefits for cash. (The Fiscal Times)
- PHILADELPHIA — A congressman, the Philadelphia mayor and at least three state lawmakers are pledging to live on $35 worth of food for the next week. That's how much the average food stamp benefit totals in Philadelphia — $5 per day. (PennLive.com)
- She sewed vestments for the priest at our church. Mum made just enough to pay the bills, but there was one thing that she hated: our food stamps. She decided to quit the program. And this is what led to the lights going out. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- BOSTON — The House adopted new restrictions on use of welfare funds and food stamps as part of the 2013 state budget bill that was approved on a 150-4 vote just before midnight Wednesday after three days of debate. (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- When clients don't pay, the rest of us do — in the form of lost tax revenue, depressed economic activity and even in food stamps for freelancers who lose out on a significant chunk of their income. The impact on Dellomo was significant. (New York Daily News)
- Three decades ago, Ronald Reagan, the president whose name is invoked with reverence by campaigning Republicans, got a lot of political mileage out of complaining about what turned out to be a mythical Cadillac-driving welfare queen. (Concord Monitor)
Friday, April 27, 2012
Food stamps
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