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Showing posts with label food stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food stamps. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Tough sanctions: Obama Administration pays half of Ukraines gas bill due to Russia

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Congress wasted no time in extending billions in low interest loans to Ukraine since the Russian annexation of Crimea. Of course no such he...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Arthur Delaney and Emily Swanson — Food Stamp Cut Popular With Republican Voters [Poll Results]

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By a 67 percent to 25 percent margin, most Republicans said they approved of the cuts. By a 67 percent to 28 percent margin, most Democrats...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

James Patterson — Why the GOP Is Really Waging Its War on Food Stamps

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Why the GOP Is Really Waging Its War on Food Stamps The attack on SNAP is mere political symbolism–but that symbolism is lucrative. Durin...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

George Chidi —Republican congressman tells constituent asking about food stamp cuts: ‘Let him not eat’ [2 Thessalonians 3:10]

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A Facebook question from a Bismark, North Dakota resident to his congressman started off rockily yesterday, when the congressman dismissed ...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Mary Clare Jalonick — House GOP Works For Votes On Food Stamp Measure

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Republican House leaders are working to line up votes for nearly $4 billion in annual food stamp cuts, but some GOP moderates are questioni...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Stuart Varney, Fox Business host: Feeding hungry seniors is ‘called buying votes

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Fox Business host: Feeding hungry seniors is ‘called buying votes’ (via Raw Story ) Fox Business host Stuart Varney on Tuesday accused ...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Robert Oak — Over 15% of America was on Food Stamps in April 2013

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Lately there have been claims from some in the press and Congress that SNAP, the food stamp program is ripe with fraud and abuse. This is ...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Republicans attack food stamps, but dole out billions to wealthy farmers

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Monday, April 1, 2013

The Free Rider Problem

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While this is funny, it also demonstrates the sociological phenomenon of opposition to "free riders." It's a biological phenom...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Rep. Alan Grayson — Walmart "the largest recipient of public aid in the country"

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Representative-elect Alan Grayson (D-FL) said Monday that he will put mega-retailer Walmart squarely in his sights during the next Congress...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Treasury bond sales: Welfare for the rich!

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It's been well discussed here as well as in many other MMT blogs on the web, that the government doesn't need to sell bonds. It spe...
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