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In Kentucky Some Fear, Some Cheer Proposed Food Stamp Cuts


In Kentucky Some Fear, Some Cheer Proposed Food Stamp Cuts
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Depending on one’s political perspective, the $40 billion cut to the U.S. food stamp assistance program -- recently passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and now under consideration by the Democrat-led Senate -- is either a measure to curb a growing culture of dependency or is cold indifference to those most in need. VOA’s Brian Padden takes a closer look at the debate over food stamps in Kentucky, a southern state with one of the highest poverty rates in the United States.

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