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Sequester 101: What happens if $85 billion in cuts hit on March 1
The sequester is a complex concept with a tortuous history. Here are the basics on the automatic spending reductions set to kick in March 1.
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How much do you know about US entitlement programs? Take our quiz.
The push to reform entitlement programs is at the heart of debates about the future of the US budget. They include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (welfare).
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Opinion Proposals to ban purchase of sugary drink with food stamps won't work
The same flaws that caused a New York judge to overturn Mayor Bloomberg's ban on big sugary drinks are inherent in proposals to ban the purchase of sugary drinks using food stamps. Such bans are unlikely to help fight obesity and can do substantial damage to the safety net.
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What the 'sequester' means for you ... and what won't change
For millions of Americans, life should go on much as usual, but for millions of others cuts in federal spending from the 'sequester' are likely to bring tangible effects. Which camp are you in?
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Sequester 101: What happens if $85 billion in cuts hit on March 1
The sequester is a complex concept with a tortuous history. Here are the basics on the automatic spending reductions set to kick in March 1.
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How much do you know about US entitlement programs? Take our quiz.
The push to reform entitlement programs is at the heart of debates about the future of the US budget. They include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (welfare).
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Why is Newark Mayor Cory Booker living on food stamps?
Mayor Cory Booker says access to food is becoming a 'social-justice issue,' and he wants to raise awareness about how hard it is to live off food stamps – about $30 a week.
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From the 'Wastebook': robotic squirrels, talking urinals, and Congress
Sen. Tom Coburn's annual Wastebook comes up with $18 billion of spending that never should have occurred, with an eye to getting Washington priorities back in line. The No. 1 wasteful item: $132 million to run a Congress that won't say no to waste.
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Briefing D.C. Decoder 101: How Washington spends your money
There's a lot of talk about cutting the US deficit but very little actual cutting of deficit. One reason? There's not much easy to cut. Decoder explains the six ways Washington spends money.
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Tax VOX New online tool to help families maximize tax, transfer benefits
State taxes and transfers can be an important, albeit complicated form of assistance for low-income families. A new interactive calculator aims to help guide families through the process, including the options when family income increases.
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Appalled by sequester cuts, House begins efforts to avoid them
The House on Thursday passed a measure that would spare the Pentagon from looming cuts by making deeper cuts to social programs. But Congress isn't expected to get serious about altering the debt deal's $109 billion sequester until after the November election.
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Amanda Clayton, lottery winner, defends food stamps. Michigan disagrees.
Amanda Clayton made headlines for acknowledging that she still received $200 in monthly food assistance after winning $1 million in Michigan lottery money. Legislation could now pass.
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The Circle Bastiat Why the food stamp program is a fraud
The federal government vastly overstates the benefits the food stamp program provides low income families – which isn't worth the cost to the taxpayer.
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On the Economy What Mitt Romney's 'poor' gaffe really means
What Romney seems to have meant is that he believes the least-well-off are amply provided for by the safety net. Too bad he wants to shred it.
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Opinion Congress: Don't squander America's big investment opportunity
Earning a college education benefits families and the economy for generations. Unfortunately, students from low-income homes are earning degrees at the lowest rate in three decades. Washington needs to cash in their economic potential by helping them save for college.
10/20/2011 12:36 pm -
The Daily Reckoning Bernanke's plot to overthrow the US dollar
With the US so deeply in debt and the economy stagnated, even heavy taxes on the rich won't recoup government costs
10/03/2011 01:00 pm -
Change Agent A double win for fresh food
In Michigan, food stamps are worth double at farmers' markets, which means more healthy food for low-income shoppers – and more customers for local farmers.
09/22/2011 11:50 am -
Government shutdown 101: What does it mean for welfare and food stamps?
For many social-welfare programs, money is distributed from the federal government quarterly or monthly, so there will be little impact unless the shutdown drags on for weeks.
04/08/2011 08:54 pm -
House votes a $4.5 billion boost for child nutrition, school lunches
The bill makes biggest changes to Child Nutrition Act in half a century. It expands access to school lunch program and lets USDA set child nutrition guidelines for schools. Next stop: Obama's desk.
12/02/2010 05:52 pm -
Tax VOX Debt reduction plan helps childless workers
Debt reduction plan would allow federal aid to flow to low-income families without children.
12/01/2010 08:31 am -
Recession officially over, use of food stamps stays at record high
Increased need and eased eligibility requirements are reasons use of food stamps remains high. A food stamp 'debit card' reduces the stigma, too.
10/26/2010 06:36 pm -
Donald Marron New price tag for stimulus: $814 billion
The Congressional Budget Office has revised its estimate of the cost of the federal stimulus.
08/25/2010 09:50 am -
Senate set to pass $26 billion rescue package for states
Cities and states warned of devastating cuts if Congress didn't approve $26 billion in help for Medicaid and teachers. The Senate should pass it Thursday and the House next week.
08/04/2010 07:58 pm -
The Daily Reckoning US unemployment and the Technicolor depression
Unlike the black and white depressions that have preceded it, the current US depression – and it is a depression if unemployment is measured the same way it was in during the 1930s – this one is Technicolor.
02/23/2010 11:41 am -
Recession spreads to suburbs and beyond
In most metro areas surveyed in a new report, unemployment is growing faster in suburbs than in nearby cities.
07/23/2009 01:00 am
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