A record 45 million Americans are now living on food stamps, a weekly stipend from the US government that helps them make ends meet in hard times.
COMMENTARY | Once again the sheer stupidity of unfunded federal mandates becomes crystal clear. If Ohio does not spend $7 million to give $10 worth of temporary food stamps to the working poor, the state faces $33 million in fines. Even though the non-compliance issues began under Democratic former Governor Ted Strickland, ultra-liberal counties like Athens are coming out against the emergency …
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Obama Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack “Food Stamps Are A Stimulus and Creating Jobs”
ATTENTION: READ BELOW! I wonder what would happen if against my better judgment, I invited some unruly kid over to my house to spend the night and while he was there, he trashed my guestroom and broke into my booze? Now I’m so upset about it, I’ve taken him and his mother to court! Here I am, the homeowner, outraged that after I took off and left this problem child unsupervised, he ran hogwild in my house, drank my best wine and puked on my floor! Whom do you think the judge would find at fault? If you guessed the homeowner…DING! DING! DING! You’d be right!! (Under normal circumstances!) Now let’s let Mr. Perfect, Michael Jackson play along, shall we? BUZZZ!! Now you’re completely wrong! Now it’s the mother’s fault for lying to the government a few years ago in order to collect food stamps she wasn’t elligible for! WHEEE!! This is a fun game, huh??
Some 70% of households that relied on food stamps last year had no earned income, a new report shows.
A wider variety of food retailers is accepting federal food stamps as a growing number of people are accepted into the program.
PHILADELPHIA – Hard times are compelling 46 million Americans to use food stamps, a number up an astonishing 70…
An essay in a leading medical journal chastises the federal government for not allowing New York City to ban the use of food stamps to buy sugary drinks.
