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Obama Administration Offers $75,000 Grants to Sign Up More Food Stamp Recipients

By The Admiral | Published Sunday, January 29th, 2012 @ 4:31 PM CDT

Over the last three years, the number of Americans on food stamps has skyrocketed by two-thirds and stands at a record-high 46 million citizens, or one out of every seven people in the United States. Despite the historic rise in food stamp use, however, the Obama Administration believes not enough people are receiving food stamps [...]

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Rep. Allen West: ‘There Is No Race Code. It’s a Fact’ That Obama Is the Food Stamp President

By The Admiral | Published Monday, January 23rd, 2012 @ 6:05 PM CDT

In a FOX News interview on Monday, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) defended former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s contention that President Barack Obama is the best “food stamp president” America has ever seen, a charge that some Democrats have argued is laced with racial undertones. There is no race code. It’s a fact. Since President Obama has [...]