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Viral petition seeks to include pet food in food stamps
cbsaustin ^
| Jan. 29, 2018
| FOX17NEWS
Posted on 01/29/2018 11:43:32 AM PST by bgill
An online petition to include pet food in SNAP benefits is getting a lot of traction. The petition on Care2 has more than 88,500 supports as of Monday morning. According to the website, the petition was created by Edward B. Johnston Jr., who wrote that he’s been on SNAP benefits for a few months and hasn’t been able to feed his dog due to government regulations.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: petfood; snap; welfare
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To: bgill
There is no longer any scrutiny on how food stamps are spent, virtually every merchant accepts them as currency for whatever item the user wishes to purchase.........
This is a non story........
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01/29/2018 3:55:39 PM PST
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Hot Tabasco
(My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
To: bgill
I know of people on EBT and SNAP who just feed their dogs steak.
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01/29/2018 4:38:48 PM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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