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The next food stamp crisis is about to hit:

If you've been following the food stamp debate in Washington, you know it's about whether to cut food stamp benefits for the disadvantaged by $4 billion a year (The House proposal) or only $400 million a year (The Senate plan). Ref. Source 3

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Cutting food stamps: The ruthlessness of the American ruling class:

Food assistance benefits for over 45 million Americans will be slashed starting this Friday, in the first-ever nationwide reduction in benefits under the US government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), popularly known as food stamps. Ref. Source 5

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Try living on food stamps this month: Can you feed yourself on $4.50 a day?

That's the typical daily benefit for someone who gets food stamps. Millions of low-income Americans are dependent on the program Ref. Source 4

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Food stamp cuts leave Thanksgiving dinners feeling thin for Americans

For many Americans, Thanksgiving could be met with worry on how to put the turkey on the table. Ref. Source 7

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America's Food Stamp Cut Stories You Probably Haven't Heard About:

In November, Congress cut food stamps for nearly 50 million people, and even more cuts are on the table. Ref. Source 2

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Record 20% of Households on Food Stamps in 2013:

The USDA says that there were 23,052,388 households on food stamps in the average month of fiscal 2013, an increase of 722,675 from fiscal year 2012, when there were 22,329,713 households on food stamps in the average month. Ref. Source 8

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The new face of food stamps: working-age Americans

In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. Households that rely on food stamps - a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients. Ref. Source 8

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Families scrambling to feed themselves face cuts to food stamps:

The new farm bill President Obama signed into law yesterday cuts $8.6 billion from food stamps during the next decade. This comes on top of $5 billion in cuts during the last year. Ref. Source 7