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Donald Trump wants to charge retailers a fee for accepting food stamps as payment from the poor.
The food stamp fee would be reassessed every five years.
Budget office predicts $2.4 billion in new revenue from the fee, which is seen hurting independent grocers more than big chains.
Separately, the Trump administration is proposing $191 billion in cuts over the next decade to the food stamp program.

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Greg Gerritt said...: Only a criminal would charge stores for serving the poor. sounds like a clear case of extortion to me. In RI those folks might walk into the store with a baseball bat and rifle the cash register. And what Presidnet Toxic Dump is doing is the equivalent.; June 12, 2017 at 2:32 PM

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