Todays article in the New York Times, Cut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor was very moving. Read here: I dont need a whole lot to eat, said Leon Simmons, 63, who spends more than half of his monthly $832 Social Security income to rent a room in an East Charleston house. But this month I know Im not going to buy any meats. The reduction in benefits has affected more than 47 million people like Mr. Simmons. It is the largest wholesale cut in the program since Congress passed the first Food Stamps Act in 1964 and touches about one in every seven Americans. nytimes/2013/11/08/us/cut-in-food-stamps-forces-hard-choices-on-poor.html?pagewanted=all
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 19:20:01 +0000
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