The Department of Agriculture won’t use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the shutdown. Agency officials say it is reserved for emergencies. If cutting off survival help for needy people isn’t an emergency, what is? Is a possible future need more important than the immediate need to ensure people, including children, go hungry?
Legal hurdles are insurmountable.
Nevada gaming and insurance companies end up with the cash.
Three-hundred and fifty thousand dollars? For a firm to conduct a “comprehensive operations study” at High Desert Prison because drugs are being smuggled in as ink on mail?
When wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, built on the labor of many, can we truly call ourselves the richest nation?
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