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Blaming the Victims: Heroic American Consumers

Ann Pettifor | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Foreclosure Crisis, Unemployment, Credit, Borrowing Money, Food Stamps, Wages, Easy Money, Great Depression 2.0, Consumption, Consumer Spending, Financial Crisis, Business News
Ann Pettifor

High levels of debt and consumption were not the result of millions of individual decisions by consumers. They were the result of a deliberate economic 'regime change' in the 1970s.

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TARP is Welfare; Control It

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Food Stamps, Welfare Mothers, Troubled Asset Relief Program, U.S. Treasury, Welfare Queens, Congress, John A. Thain, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Corporate Welfare, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Security and Exchange Commission, Welfare, Tarp, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Taxpayers, who despise the notion of welfare queens, should demand Congress "discredit" and dethrone the kings of Wall Street.

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Half a Mill? Times Are Tough

Kim Stagliano | Posted 03.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Welfare, Pay Cut, Food Stamps, Bail Out Legislation, Investment Banking, Living News
Kim Stagliano

Let's imagine two well coiffed, Botoxed and manicured women from a fictional town in Fairfield County, "New Stamienwich" driving to a charity luncheon in Bridgeport, the largest and poorest city in Connecticut.

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Don't Let Rush Limbaugh Write The Economic Recovery Package

Bertha Lewis | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Child Tax Credit, Economic Recovery Package, Economic Recovery, Bertha Lewis, Acorn, Food Stamps, Job Creation, Obama Economic Recovery Plan, Progressives, Politics News
Bertha Lewis

It is absurd that people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are controlling the terms of debate for a package they will never support anyway.

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What About Welfare?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Women, Unemployment, Poverty, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, Taxes, Women's Rights, Earned Income Tax Credit, Food Stamps, Women's Issues, Low-Income, Welfare Reform, Women Childcare, Children, Money, Barack Obama Taxes, Jobs, Low-Income Children, 1990s, Income Tax, 1980s, Kids, Childcare, Tax Cuts, Poor, Head Start, Working Families, Families, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

The present plan includes tax cuts that will benefit even those too poor to pay taxes, and includes $4 billion for child care services for low-income families.

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Tax Credits vs. Spending: Why Progressives Should Care How the Stimulus is Delivered

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Congress, Stimulus Bill, Mitch McConnell, Food Stamps, Progressive Agenda, Economy, Progressive Policy Change, Progressives, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Government Spending, Obama Administration, Medicaid, Recession, Barack Obama, Politics, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Spending, Political Feasibility, Tax Cuts, Economic Stimulus, Obama Transition, Tax Expenditures, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Elizabeth Rigby

From a progressive perspective, does the use of tax credit represent a political compromise that will limit the potential for the stimulus to seed more substantial policy change?

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Food Stamp Use Rose In 2008

Associated Press | Posted 02.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Food Stamps, Food Stamp Rates, Illinois LINK, Food Stamps, Food Stamp Use, Economy, Food Prices, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD -- More Illinois residents turned to food stamps last year to get meals on the table. Nearly 1.4 million people in Illinois used food sta...

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Obama: 1 (month), Poverty: 0 (mentions)

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Poverty, Food Stamps, Middle Class, President Obama, Eitc, John Edwards, Obama Transition, Democrats, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Politics News
Elizabeth Rigby

In his first month as President-elect, Barack Obama has remained silent on the issue of poverty. Across more than 30 public statements since electio...

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Report: Record Number Of Americans Using Food Stamps

Reuters | Roberta Rampton | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Food, Food Stamp Program, Food Stamps, Food Prices, Business News

Food stamps, the main U.S. antihunger program which helps the needy buy food, set a record in September as more than 31.5 million Americans used the p...

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Americans' Food Stamp Use Soaring To Record High

Washington Post | Jane Black | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Food Stamps, Economic Crisis, Economy, Food Stamp Use, Americans Food Stamps, Business News

Fueled by rising unemployment and food prices, the number of Americans on food stamps is poised to exceed 30 million for the first time this month, su...

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Voter Fraud and Food Stamps Fraud: Two Favorite Conservative Myths

Joel Berg | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Poor, Welfare, Food Stamp Program, Food Stamps, Michael Bloomberg, Poor, Helping the Poor, Politics News
Joel Berg

Federal law, as well as extra rules piled on by states, counties, and cities, often make the process of applying for foods stamps a Kafka-esque nightmare.

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Taxes Are Not Always A Bad Thing

Jennifer Bernard | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Blue Collar, John McCain, Food Stamps, Barack Obama, Middle Class, Joe the Plumber, Barack Obama Taxes, Poor, Election 2008, Obama Middle Class, Campaign 2008, McCain Taxes, Home News
Jennifer Bernard

The taxes on Joe-the-Plumber's $250,000 bought me my first-grade textbooks when my family was on food stamps. I do not feel guilty that Joe may have had to drink less-expensive champagne that year so that I could have a sandwich for dinner.

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Food Stamp Participation Increases As Economy Slows

Washington Post | Michael E. Ruane | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Food Stamp Participation, US Economy, Food Stamp Program, Food Stamps, Politics News

Almost a million more people participated in the federal government's food stamp program for the needy between April and July, according to the U.S. D...

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More Farmers Markets To Accept Food Stamps

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Politics of Food, Food Politics, Green, Green News, Food Stamps, Farmers Markets, Local Farmers, Farmer's Markets, Green News

ALBANY, N.Y. — More farmers markets nationwide are accepting food stamps for their summer squash, apples and other fresh produce _ fattening pro...

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Hunger and the City

Lia Petridis | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York City Hunger, Sex and the City, Hunger, Food Stamps, Farm Bill, New York City, Politics News
Lia Petridis

A whole generation defines New York City by its glamour and "Sex-and-the-Cityness" rather than its obvious and fundamental problems. Why is hunger in New York City such a common phenomenon?

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Families Hit Hard As Food Stamps Buy Less

New York Times | Leslie Kaufman | Posted 06.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Food Stamps Purchasing Power Food Stamps Buy Less, Food Stamps, Business News

Making ends meet on food stamps has never been easy for Cassandra Johnson, but since food prices began their steep climb earlier this year, she has ha...

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Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Food For Non-Thought

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glenn Beck, Economic Stimulus Package, Food Stamps, Politics News

In these harsh economic times, things are tough for ordinary Americans. But is that any reason for our citizens to avail themselves of food stamps an...

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Food Stamp Use At Record Pace As Jobs Vanish

New York Times | Erik Eckholm | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Food Stamps Record, Food Stamp on Record Pace, Food Stamp Use, Food Stamp Use Soars, Food Stamps, Home News

Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in ...

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