by Jane Richey | Jan 18, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
A new report says the government’s program that gives families aid to pay for groceries is failing in some aspects of its execution, such as not accounting for many barriers to finding affordable, nutritious food by inner-city shoppers. The report, which was put...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
During fiscal year 2012, the U.S. government spent a record $80.4 billion on food stamps, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a $2.7 billion increase from FY 2011. (Fiscal year 2012 ran from Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2012.) According to the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Today’s Lesson : OXYMORON OF THE CENTURY The SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)/Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever. Meanwhile,...
by Jane Richey | Jun 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The Senate passed a farm bill Thursday that will cost nearly $1 trillion, with more than three-fourths of the expenditures going to food stamps. Couldn’t our lawmakers dial it back a bit? Apparently not. Should the bill become law — it still must pass the House...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than a quarter of the nation’s roughly 7,100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen...