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Thursday, November 07, 2013

Deeper Cuts Possible For Food Stamp Benefits

As food stamp recipients adjust to recent cuts in their benefits, they face losing even more.

A bill before Congress, known as the farm bill, threatens to cut as much as $39 billion more from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, over the next 10 years. On Friday, recipients lost about 5 percent of their benefits when temporary funding for food stamps from the 2009 stimulus expired.

“It’s like a perfect storm,” Montgomery County Councilwoman Valerie Ervin said of the potentially double cuts.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good and keep cutting them and get a dam job

Anonymous said...

You can cut them just as easy by limiting what can be purchased!

Then look at who gets the benefit....if you have an iPhone or 22 inch rims - you're off the program....you either don't need the money - or are good enough at budgeting!