Our voices were heard! Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted down a version of the Farm Bill that would have cut food stamps by $20 billion over the next ten years. The bill also would have included a whole set of new barriers to food stamp access, from work requirements on many recipients to blanket drug […]
Waste, fraud, and abuse in the food stamp program? – Part 2
In my post yesterday I kind of ripped the GOP a new one for their “proof” that cutting funding for food stamps will save the nation from evil and destruction. (Don’t get me started again.) In all fairness, the Democratic-controlled Senate also passed $4 billion in cuts to SNAP in their version of the Farm […]
Waste, fraud, and abuse in the food stamp program? – Part 1
Last night I did a stir fry and cooked all of my chicken. I was on the go today and had to forfeit my usual eating-out habits. My colleague seems to be faring worse. She was suffering from a headache and searching for aspirins when I saw her. In fact, she looked like she was […]