Farm Bill Compromise Will Cut Food Stamps by One Percent
That's about $800 million
The longer Washington puts off Social Security reform, the worse the shock will be.
Internet creating new ways for food stamp recipients to convert them into cash
Spending cap was lifted
Customers with up to 10 shopping carts worth of shit-
Walmart accepted cards that weren't showing limits. Mayhem ensued.
Second-highest rate of overpayment in country
Cue the chicken littles
"Food insecurity" the liberal claptrap used for ever expanding entitlements
House expected to vote on the bill on Thursday
Separate out food stamps from other subsidies, to protect the subsidies, not the food stamps
USDA has apparently pushed food stamps in Mexico for a decade
Efforts to trim costs after years of growth
24 percent want it to stay the same, 24 percent want an increase
The SNAP program is currently run by the Department of Agriculture
A good chunk of money went to people who were currently in prison
An argument against the welfare state, not immigration
Isn't he supposed to arrest people for fraud?
GOP won't accept tax hikes. Dems don't like Social Security cuts.
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