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Opinion: GOP Budget Cuts Will Cost Us in the Long Run

If human capital is the wealth of nations, the House GOP's proposed federal budget will leave us poorer. Economists know that what separates wealthy and poor countries is not simply their natural resources like oil and minerals, but their human capacities, like initiative and ingenuity. Many Americans fear that our status...

Report: 45 Million Americans Went Hungry in 2009

(Nov. 16) -- Last year "food insecurity" amongst Americans remained at the highest levels it has ever been since the government began monitoring hunger fifteen years ago, according to a new federal report. Despite the fact that recession appeared to be easing in some places around the country, authorities classified about...

Opinion: Proposed Soda Ban Is a Bitter Pill

(Oct. 18) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently submitted a proposal to bar his city's food stamp recipients from using their benefits to buy soda or other sugared drinks. Since becoming mayor, Bloomberg has launched a number of initiatives to improve New Yorkers' diets, including banning the use of trans fats in...

Proposed Food Stamp Soda Ban Leaves a Sour Taste

(Oct. 7) -- Kathleen Castillo already eats her vegetables. So when New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today proposed banning the use of food stamps to buy soda and other sugary drinks, she was a little put off. "I'm offended because, you know, it just seems like they want to pick on the people that don't have anything,...

Mass. County Drafted to Join the War on Obesity

(Aug. 19) -- The U.S. continues its war on the obesity epidemic by selecting Hampden County, Mass., for its first Healthy Incentives Pilot -- a federal initiative aimed at encouraging low-income residents to consume healthier foods. Government officials hope this experiment will cut a third of fruit and vegetable costs,...

Background on food stamps

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides financial assistance for food purchasing to low- and no-income people and families living in the U.S.

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