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Sequester Furloughs USDA Food Inspectors, But Dems Preserve U.S.-Mexico Food Stamp "Partnership"

John McKay — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:00:20 +0000

According to the Obama Administration, the sequester was going to potentially cause many more food-borne illnesses because USDA food inspectors would be furloughed. But that hasn't stopped Democrats from spending your money to tell people in Mexico about our food-stamp program!

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Feds Pushing Food Stamps Over Self Sufficiency [POLL]

John McKay — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:00:43 +0000

Several decades ago, 1 in 50 Americans were on food stamps. Now it's closer to 1 in 7 and will go higher if some Federal officials have their way.

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Store Worker Won't Take Food Stamp Card To Pay For Cigarettes

John McKay — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:17 +0000

A New Hampshire convenience store worker has quit her job, rather than continue to have to accept government EBT, or food stamp cards, that are used to pay for cigarettes.

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$1 Million Lottery Winner Also Wins Welfare Fraud Charges for Remaining on Food Stamps

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:00:05 +0000

Money may not buy happiness, but it just might buy you a whole heap of trouble.

One Michigan lotto winner discovered that firsthand after she was arraigned on two felony counts of welfare fraud.

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