Thursday, September 5, 2013

Meet Dustin and Tarnisha, Two People Whom Some Republicans Call Freeloaders

On the Edge of Poverty, at the Center of a Debate on Food Stamps. (The New York Times, 9/4/2013)

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The politics and demographics of food stamp recipients.  (Pew Research, 7/12/2013)

Who represents the most food stamp-reliant counties? The GOP.  (Daily Kos, 8/15/2013)

Excerpt:  Among the 254 counties where food stamp recipients doubled between 2007 and 2011, Republican Mitt Romney won 213 of them in last year's presidential election, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by Bloomberg

These Republicans Who Want To Limit Food Stamps Represent A Lot Of Food Stamp Recipients. (BuzzFeed Politics, 7/12/2013)

Related posts:
Jesus has a message for the Republican warriors in the fight against food stamps.  (8/30/2013)

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