The US Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most food stamp benefits are now distributed using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards but for most of its history the program has used paper vouchers of some kind.

Retirees in particular should be outraged at the federal government’s economic stimulus plan: The plan does not extend low income programs like unemployment benefits or food stamps. And, most critically it does not offer anything to seniors not receiving a paycheck (Social Security checks do not count.)

This is a blog post about the federal food stamp program in the United States, which only gives hungry people $3 a day. Also suggests ways to improve the system: "I propose only giving out food stamps to people who go to school or have a job. Instead of handing out food stamps at social service centers, I suggest handing them out at school."

Nearly three-quarters of a million women work as "sales associates" in Wal-Mart stores. On average these women earn $6.10 per hour, or $12,688 per year if they are permitted to work full-time. This wage puts many of their families below the poverty level — half even qualify for federal assistance under the food stamp program