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...want to know how you managed to spend $2,000 on food last month, click on "Food." Bingo! A new graph, breaking down the details - including the drinks, the fast food and the mid-afternoon coffee runs - suddenly appears. Mint also sends perky little reminders about when your credit-card bills are due, notes if you got charged a fee for something, or questions transactions that don't look right. It even gives a cheerful nudge every time you go over budget on something. You'll excuse this, but it brings a hint of freshness to the stale morning breath...
Today, literal food stamps are a relic - purchases are made electronically, on plastic cards resembling credit cards. In fact, it's not even called the food-stamp program any longer; in classic bureaucratese, it's now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Recipients' incomes and property values must be below a certain level for them to qualify. In June, the average monthly benefit came to $294 per household and $133 per individual. Recently, officials have worked to make the program more convenient, distributing electronic benefit-card readers to farmers' markets so food stamps can be used there...
Dodd and Shelby have proven to be a potent bipartisan combination already in 2009. When Dodd moved an aggressive, populist credit-card-reform bill out of committee without a single GOP vote, he negotiated with Shelby to craft legislation more appealing to the other side of the aisle. It passed the Senate in late March by a 90-5 vote...
...Democratic outreach to Shelby could signal a repeat of their credit-card-bill strategy. Some observers see Dodd and the Administration working to craft a bill close enough to Shelby's liking so that even if it gets rammed through the committee with Democratic base-pleasing measures he won't vote for, the bill can be reworked to gain his support on the Senate floor. That would give Dodd the political cover he needs for his 2010 re-election campaign, but would also give the Administration the Republican support they need for a solid legislative win. And it would give...
...However, more localized attention might be worthwhile. Many of the Houses are only accessible through Harvard I.D. card swipe access, but some—like Kirkland House—are effectively open to the public during the day. In light of Connor’s comments, Harvard may essentially be vulnerable to heist. The proper protection of our art, as per Connor’s requirements, would require the installation of better technology. But perhaps museums, supposedly welcoming forums for public enjoyment of art, should not be threatening places with armed guards and heavy surveillance; movie-style defenses could avalanche...