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Let’s Use Food Stamps Money for What it Was Intended
Have you ever heard the expression “you got a nickel holding up a dollar there?” It means focusing on small savings while letting big money go by, and it applies to the situation in California with...
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Nearly one in Five Americans Still Struggle With Hunger
The latest food hardship report from the Food Research and Action Center is one more indication that the recession is by no means over for a vast number of Americans. In 2010, the nationwide food...
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U.S. House of Representatives Votes for Big Cuts to Food Stamps
Last Friday, the House Republican majority approved Congressman Paul Ryan’s plan for next year’s federal budget. Most of the coverage has focused on the plan to privatize Medicare and convert Medicaid...
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Food Stamp Benefits too Low for a Healthy Diet, New Study Confirms
In 2008, Children’s HealthWatch and partners reported on a unique study aimed at finding out whether food stamp benefits enable low-income families to buy what they need for a healthy diet. Now we’ve...
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Childless Adults Face Food Stamp Cut-Off
Some years ago, I was fired from a job I’d had for a long time. I was told my position had been restructured out of existence. But it sure felt like firing to me. This was during a recession. And as...
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House Agriculture Committee Slashes Food Stamp Program
You can’t have both guns and butter. House Republicans have taken this old piece of federal budget wisdom seriously. They’ve opted for guns — not over butter, but over food assistance for poor people....
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Will A Less Costly Turkey Dinner Resolve Food Stamp Cuts?
Good news. When you sit down at the Thanksgiving dinner table next week, with a spread of oven-baked turkey, fluffy white mashed potatoes, and steaming gravy, your wallet will be a little less empty....
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