- Who’s dependent on food stamps? Cheapskate corporations http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/12/walmart-whos-dependent-on-food-stamps-cheapskate-corporations/ 152 comments politics
- Billionaire Bezos' Amazon warehouse employees depend on food stamps in 9 states https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/4k-bezos-amazon-warehouse-employees-on-food-stamps-in-9-states 104 comments politics
- One in Five U.S. Children Depends On Food Stamps http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/01/28/one-in-five-u-s-children-depends-on-food-stamps/ 4 comments economy
- Wal-Mart's dependence on food stamps, revealed http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/la-fi-mh-walmarts-dependence-20140324,0,3149252.story 6 comments economy
- Walmart admits heavy dependence on food stamps for profitability http://blogs.marketwatch.com/behindthestorefront/2014/03/24/wal-mart-makes-official-its-reliance-on-food-stamp-recipients-for-profits/ 100 comments economy
- A quarter of all children in the United States depend on government food stamps http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,726447-6,00.html 23 comments politics
- Eric Cantor introduces bill to cut food stamps for able-bodied people under age 50 who do not have any dependents http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/food-stamps-bill-house-gop-95084.html 7 comments politics
- Food Stamps In Crosshairs of Shutdown Government shutdown could cut off food stamps for some Americans who depend on the food aid. http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/09/22/government-shutdown-could-cut-off-food-stamps 20 comments politics
- The next time someone talks about how food stamps create a "culture of dependency", remind them almost half of the people on SNAP, otherwise known as the food stamp program, are children http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/suffer-little-children-by-davidoatkins.html 16 comments politics
- Millionaire GOP Congressmen Are Trying to Cut $20 Billion In Food Stamps For the Poor -- "Republicans want the poor to be dependent on Wal-Mart for a job. They want to make sure that there is no safety net for anyone" http://www.politicususa.com/2013/06/13/125097.html?rss=1 669 comments politics
- Jim Hightower: GOP hacks $8 billion from next year's food stamp funds while giving an average of $265,000 a year in tax benefits to millionaires. Ryan asserts that his food stamp cuts are for poor people's own good by preventing poor families from the moral horror of being "dependent on government." http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8970-food-stamp-foolishness 123 comments politics
- Walmart Wages Are the Main Reason People Depend on Food Stamps: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a means of survival for families earning minimum wage. http://www.thenation.com/article/walmart-wages-are-the-main-reason-people-depend-on-food-stamps/ 85 comments politics
- Poverty wages cost U.S. taxpayers about $153 billion each year, according to a recent report from the University of California, Berkeley. That's because, when families depend on low-wage jobs to survive, they're forced to rely on government programs like Medicaid and food stamps to make ends meet. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/13/low-wages-cost-taxpayers-153-billion_n_7055202.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=politics 31 comments politics
- The GOP's supposed rationale for getting rid of food stamps: We’re becoming a nation of takers, and doing stuff like feeding poor children and giving them adequate health care are just creating a culture of dependency — and that culture, not runaway bankers, somehow caused our economic crisis. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/opinion/from-the-mouths-of-babes.html 354 comments politics
- Amazon Gets Tax Breaks While Its Employees Rely on Food Stamps, New Data Shows - Even as generous subsidies help Amazon turn a profit, thousands of its workers depend on the federal safety net. Independent analyses have shown that the company pays below-average wages for the warehouse jobs. https://theintercept.com/2018/04/19/amazon-snap-subsidies-warehousing-wages/ 420 comments worldnews