Department of Agriculture

Amazon Begins Accepting Food Stamps as Stock Price Soars

Amazon announced this week that it has been approved by the Department of Agriculture to accept food stamp benefits in seven states. The announcement comes at the same time as Amazon’s stock is soaring — last week the stock jumped more than five percent in one day, increasing CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth by $6.4 billion in a single day. 

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during the JFK Space Summit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential

Surabian: The Only Thing the Gas Tax Fuels Is Poverty

In the halls of Congress, the rumblings for a national infrastructure bill are beginning to grow louder. Republicans and Democrats alike recognize the need to salvage America’s deteriorating roads and bridges and improve upon our dismal public transit system.

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