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Republican Gov. Tom Corbett has announced a major assault on the food stamp program that feeds 1.8 million Pennsylvanians, including 439,245 in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare announced that on May 1, people under 60 with more than $2,000 in savings or other assets will be barred from receiving food stamps. People over 60 would have a $3,250 cap. ...
Conservatives frequently bristle at the idea that poor people might have nice things while receiving public assistance ("they have a television on welfare!"). But Pennsylvania will now create the most bizarre of disincentives: dissuading poor people from saving.
...this morning, Philadelphia Police Department dispatchers are airing something you don't typically hear: The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
...We're betting the First Amendment broadcast has something to do with Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey's memo to his officers, reminding them that people have the right to record sounds, pictures and video of police actions in public spaces.
[Kudos to the Commish! -L.]
ThinkProgress has been documenting conservative efforts to shift the burden of record budget shortfalls onto middle-class Americans, while simultaneously doling out tax cuts to corporations. While progressive governors have proposed raising revenue from t
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