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Bill Proposed To Allow Voting Without US Citizenship
truther January 23, 2015 0Once upon a time, there was a saying "no taxation without representation." Well, in America's transition to an utopia of French or even Venezuelan caliber, for half the population taxation became an anachronism from
Read More »Homeless dragged down by belongings, as cities view keepsakes ‘trash’
truther November 8, 2014 0Having to lug around possessions for fear of theft or confiscation keeps individuals from social programs, opportunities For Americans experiencing homelessness, finding a safe place to store belongings can prove daunting and be a major
Read More »The ‘NIMBY’ Cities Who Ban the Feeding of the Homeless
truther November 6, 2014 1With the weather becoming more chilly and the season of goodwill rapidly approaching you would think that the homeless would be a high priority in the minds of the authorities. Well the good news
Read More »14 people made more money than Food Stamp budget for 50,000,000
truther October 7, 2014 2For the second year in a row, America's richest 14 individuals made more from their annual investments than the $80 billion provided for people in need of food. Nearly half of the food-deprived are
Read More »It’s Official: Being Poor in America Has Been Outlawed
truther August 7, 2014 0As they say, you can always judge a society by how they treat their weakest members. So I shudder to think of how future generations will judge our society. We’ve become a nation that
Read More »US cities’ crackdown on homeless people is ‘close to ethnic cleansing’
truther August 5, 2014 0His face riven with lines forged by years on the streets, Gil reaches into the top pocket of his shirt and fishes out a wedge of grimy papers. These are the precious records of
Read More »More US cities pass laws that hurt the homeless: Report
truther July 21, 2014 0More US cities are passing laws that make it illegal to camp in public, sleep in vehicles on city streets, or sit or lie down in public, a new report shows. The laws are meant
Read More »11 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Buy With Food Stamps
truther July 2, 2014 1Food stamps have become a major facet of the American system. And as the number of welfare recipients increases, so does the number of items that can be purchased with a food stamp Electronic
Read More »How Big Banks Are Cashing In On Food Stamps
truther February 19, 2014 0Many benefit programs have gone high tech with debit cards and J.P. Morgan Chase and others are making a pretty penny charging users fees. What is there to be done
Read More »US Congress to cut food stamps by $9 billion
truther January 29, 2014 1Lawmakers in both chambers of US Congress have reportedly reached a deal to cut almost $9 billion from the food stamp program on which nearly 47 million Americans rely to afford food. The cuts to
Read More »Utah Is Ending Homelessness By Giving People Homes
truther January 25, 2014 0“In eight years, Utah has quietly reduced homelessness by 78 percent, and is on track to end homelessness by
Read More »How Hunger Makes Sheeple Support The Nanny State
truther December 4, 2013 0People who are hungry are more inclined to support of the welfare state policies that help the poor, new research suggests. The extraordinary results of a Danish study suggest that the state of our bodies
Read More »Americans headed over ‘food stamp cliff’
truther October 28, 2013 1Millions of people are in for a shock at the end of the week when their food stamp benefits will be cut across the board. There is little chance that Congress will act to avert
Read More »Why are 47 million Americans on food stamps? It’s the recession — mostly.
truther September 25, 2013 0There's a fairly basic question at the core of the current food-stamp debate in Congress. Why has the program grown so rapidly over the past few years — to the point where 47 million
Read More »Households On Foodstamps Rise To New Record High: More Americans Live In Poverty Than The Population Of Spain
truther September 10, 2013 1There was much discussion of Friday's "disappointing" non-farm payrolls goal-seeked, seasonally adjusted, X-13-ARIMA conceived jobs "number." The conclusion was that it showed an economy which one year after the start of QEternity was growing
Read More »Homelessness Could Be A Crime Under Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill Warns Think Tank
truther July 23, 2013 1Homelessness could be turned into a crime under proposed anti-social behaviour laws a think-tank has warned. The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing bill, which featured in the Queen's Speech earlier this month, includes powers to
Read More »Food Stamps May Be Split From Farm Bill In House
truther July 11, 2013 1Republicans are making more noise about dropping food stamps from farm legislation that previously failed to pass the House of Representatives because of disagreement over cuts in nutrition assistance
Read More »Obama administration openly pushing food stamps to illegals; no citizenship required, no income status checked
truther April 29, 2013 1Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal the Obama administration is actively marketing the federal food stamp program (SNAP) to illegal immigrants. A Spanish-language flyer obtainer by Judicial Watch says, "You
Read More »US food stamp use swells to a record 47.8 million
truther March 30, 2013 3A record number of Americans are using food stamps, known today as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Despite official proclamations that the recession has ended and an economic recovery is underway, families are
Read More »46,609,072 People on Food Stamps in 2012; Record 47,791,996 in December
truther March 16, 2013 2DANIEL HALPER| weeklystandard Nearly a quarter of the people living in Washington, D.C. are on the program. On Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture quietly released new statistics related to the food stamps
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