The war on food stamps rages on. Earlier this year, Obama signed the new farm bill in to law which carried with it a 1% cut in the supplemental food program SNAP amounting to about $8.6 billion dollars over the next ten years. While Republicans point to food stamp abusers cashing in their EBT cards on items like wild salmon, organic produce, and candy bars (egad!) the reality of the cuts affects roughly 850,000 families living under the poverty line in the northeastern states.
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