New Orleans One day I write that receiving food stamps is the “new normal,” as we say in New Orleans, and the next day there’s a front page story in the Sunday Times by Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff with a headline that includes the words: “stigma fades.” Wow! Am [...]
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New Orleans Food stamps are a part of growing up, and in fact may be more common in the American experience than apple pie. Being hungry in childhood also seems to be something commonly shared according to surveys of the nation’s teachers. Living in the world’s richest country, it is now [...] New Orleans Here’s a shocker. The one piece of the stimulus package that everyone seems to agree is working is Obama bump in the food stamp program. Furthermore, the success is such that there is real discussion now in Congress about giving the program another bump. Now we’re talking about citizen wealth meaning real income [...] |
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