[Link] Why Can’t You Buy Hot Meals With Food Stamps?

Read: 2/2/2022 www.vice.com

But they’re off-limits to people using food stamps. The reason is precisely that the food is warm and already prepared—a justification that’s often derided as cruel, anti-poor, and arbitrary.

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[Link] New York City’s Billionaires’ Row Just Got Its Very Own Homeless Shelter

Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com

Residents of Manhattan’s so-called Billionaires’ Row—a smattering of ultra-posh, super-expensive skyscrapers abutting Central Park—just might have to encounter poor people after all.

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[Link] House Democrats Back Off Targeting Billionaire Tax Schemes and Swap in New Nicotine Levy

Read: 6/11/2021 theintercept.com

A new version of the Build Back Better Act that the House Rules Committee released Wednesday was amended to protect tax avoidance schemes used by the ultrawealthy in their estate planning.

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[Link] Wealthy people calling for a tougher lockdown got what they wanted, at no cost to them

Read: 22/8/2021 www.smh.com.au

I live in a local government area “of concern”. The news from Friday’s press conference ricocheted around my community like a bullet. There were tears, disbelief, anger.

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[Link] Google billionaire granted entry to New Zealand despite border closure

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Google co-founder and sixth-richest man in the world Larry Page has become a New Zealand resident, stoking debate over whether he bought his way into the country, which is closed to visitors.

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