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Need food stamp program. we will need a medicaid program to help people pay health insurance. still need other supports. there are millions of working people in the food stamp program whose wages aren't high enough and whose -- who don't have enough hours of work. there are millions of people who are disabled. millions of seniors. millions of kids. so, the program is actually a fabulous program. it reaches all sorts of vulnerable populations. and raising wages is one important way to get families in a better economic position to build economic security and to reduce the need for these programs...

Weekly food stamp allotment. and when people do it often they get criticized online. as everybody gets criticized online these days. the comment section on anything is never pretty sight anymore. but it is important that everybody try to do this in order to raise awareness to the fact that food stamp benefits need to be better for people to get a healthy diet that will carry them through the month. fame laetz should be buying, to the extent they can, the least expensive staples, the healthiest food. and the fact is that study after study shows people aren't buying steaks, they're not buying lo...

From this hit. the coroner's office in baton rouge, louisiana, said sledge died of natural causes. he was 73. >> actress gwyneth paltrow probably had the best of intentions when she accepted the so-called food stamp challenge. >> the idea is to show how hard it is to live for a week on the budget of someone getting food stamps but she caused controversy with this image and the caption, "this is what $29 gets you at the grocery store." people on facebook immediately started ripping apart her choices and the fact that she is doing it at all. >> earlier we spoke with jim weill about paltrow's dec...

Avoidable health care costs. i can go on and on. the fact that we're not addressing this issue is problematic. >> let me ask this to you, jim. because the congressmen articulates what seems like common sense positions. if children don't eat they don't do well in school and could end up in a life of crime instead of a productive life. basic kinds of things. why is it that this however is not a voting issue? apparently these congressmen don't believe they're going to lose their job if they vote against snap. >> unfortunately, poverty too often isn't a voting issue. although we're voting to make ...

I'm down with the theological discussion about the responsibilities of people of faith to the needy. but i'm also going to need the members of congress to brush up a bit on biblical thoughts before they shout out things. second thes loanians is a highly contested epistle paul and it's about the second coming. >> having cleared up that piece of herm newt ix, you have to wonder what congress fincher was thinking when he as a farmer is one of the largest recipients of federal farm subsidies. according to the researchers at the environmental working group, mr. fincher collected nearly $3.5 million...