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No Soda or Candy With Food Stamps, Maine Governor Says

Matt McDonald

Maine Governor Paul LePage is asking President Donald Trump's administration to stop allowing people on federal food stamps to use the money to buy soda and candy. The Obama Administration wasn't interested in changing federal policy.

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Three-Year Lifetime Limit on Welfare, No Welfare for Non-Citizens Among Maine Governor’s Proposals

Matt McDonald

Such measures are needed to end dependency on government and reduce taxes, argues Maine Governor Paul LePage, a Republican. But one opponent predicts families will be "sleeping in cars, sleeping in the community, sleeping on park benches, sleeping on the streets."

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