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ashling

(25,771 posts) Mon Apr 7, 2014, 01:43 PM Apr 2014

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Oh, Snap! (Original Post) ashling Apr 2014 OP

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1. What is even worse is that with the economy improving, the food stamp budget will go down without

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 01:46 PM

Apr 2014

a cut. I think Paul Ryan is taking what will be a lower budget anyway, and then decreasing that. Hmm...

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2. Raising the minimum wage to 10.10 an hour will get a lot of people off SNAP

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 03:44 PM

Apr 2014

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3. Exactly. TANF, too. I wonder how many people are currently on food stamps/TANF/EIC who

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 03:46 PM

Apr 2014

only qualify because they're minimum wage and that is currently under the poverty level. Hopefully a Dem group will put the info out there soon.