food stamps
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Budgets/Taxes
Oh SNAP, USDA Finally Reforms Bloated Food Stamp Program
by Chris Talgo January 1, 2020On December 4, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a long-overdue and much-needed rule change to the nation’s beleaguered SNAP, commonly known as “food stamps.”
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In three short years, the Trump administration has cut taxes and regulations. Therefore, people have more money to spend, and businesses (finally) have incentive to create lots of good-paying jobs.
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Budgets/Taxes
Once Again, the Farm Bill is Stuffed With Food Stamps
by Arianna Wilkerson June 6, 2018Every five years Republicans and Democrats somehow reach across-the-aisle — however farfetched this may seem — to reauthorize the gargantuan “farm bill.”
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Warning: Congress is preparing to pass a new farm bill.
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EconomicsFeatured
Government Subsidizes, Government Warps and Distorts – Government Bails Out
by Seton Motley June 2, 2016Why have prices fallen so low? Because government subsidies created a glut – and the market is flooded. This government money warps and distorts the marketplace – as otherwise productively-directed time and effort is instead spent chasing the government coin. Producers produce not what the marketplace needs – but for what the government pays.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Alabama’s Welfare Program is a Decade Behind Most of the Country
by Logan Pike April 20, 2016There have been numerous stories, rumors, and outright falsehoods reported in the media and by detractors regarding state Sen. Arthur Orr’s (R-Decatur) recently proposed welfare reform bill.