Food Stamp Office

Happy Holidays – Congress Seeks to Cut Food Stamps

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:53:04 +0000

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Department of Agriculture is under pressure from Congress to cut the food stamp program.

Food stamps & Wal-Mart

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:48:11 +0000

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Budget cuts may hit needy Americans

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:03:07 +0000

Advocates for the poor and often hungry in the US say that problems for the nation’s needy could intensify if the agriculture department bows to pressure from congress to reduce food-assistance schemes. Politicians are looking at ways to stimulate the economy and balance the federal budget with a proposed $4.2bn cut in its food-stamps programme that currently assists 45 million people. According to a recent US government report, some 15 per cent of Americans are relying on food stamps. That is a 50 per cent jump from last year at a cost of $65bn per year. Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from New York.

Number of NJ Residents Receiving Food Stamps Doubles

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:58:08 +0000

The number of New Jersey residents receiving food stamps has doubled in the last four years despite the state’s standing as No. 2 wealthiest in the nation. One in every 10 people in the state now receive aid – totaling 400,000 households, according to New Jersey Department of Human Resources. The increase might be partly due to changes in income requirements, a public awareness campaign and a …

Food stamp usage on the rise

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:56:14 +0000

TUPELO – One in eight Tupelo-area shoppers will buy their holiday meals with food stamps this season, a 2.5 percent increase over the previous year and a growing trend in a recession-gripped nation.

throw it in the bag (food stamps)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:40:30 +0000

no copy right intended. my take on foodstamps

Number of N.J. residents receiving food stamps doubled in last four years

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:39:57 +0000

Nearly one out of every 10 residents in New Jersey received assistance in September, according to the Department of Human Services

Food stamps & Wal-Mart

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:10:56 +0000

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Food stamp rush at Walmart

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:59:19 +0000

At the stroke of midnight, a growing number of Americans are lining up at Walmart not to cash in on a holiday sale, but because they’re hungry. The increasing number of Americans relying on food stamps to survive the sluggish economic recovery has changed the way the largest retailer in the United States does business.

Who Deserves a Longer Prison Sentence?

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:51:25 +0000

A Mississippi mother lied on her benefits applications (claiming there were no prior drug charges on her record) so that she could receive just $4367 in food stamps and ended up with a 3 year prison sentence. Days later the MS federal court gave a shorter prison sentence to a key figure in a $3 mortgage fraud scheme. Source: thinkprogress.org Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: www.gplus.to Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com