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| "Riots always begin typically the same way": Food stamp shutdown looms Friday |
| 2013-10-30 |
| From TFA: Purvis said that citing the efforts of groups like hers as a reason not to worry about public assistance cuts was “one of the most ill-informed arguments on the planet.” She told Salon, “the first line of defense against hunger is a food stamp.” While some “have had this way of romanticizing charity,” she said, “charity is also a system that is based on capacity and resources.” If your IRS was stopped from going after non-leftists groups maybe the question would not be resources, and now may be the best time to rein in Obama and the IRS. Kristol is right. No one is going to starve given the resources available. |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #14 "In fact its immoral." A quaint and non-understood concept to the Dems, swksvolFF. So of course they'll do more of it. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-10-30 18:55 |
| #13 When “they decided they were going to take from some of the increases to food stamps” to fund First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” program, she told Salon, “We were told, you know, by the president…these cuts will not happen, we won’t get rid of the program. Yet, somehow, Boosh will be blamed. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-10-30 18:32 |
| #12 |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-10-30 16:33 |
| #11 Ref #10: We'd be a damn site better off if the food distribution sites were at work today. I'm sure we could find church congregations which would man the sites and store the food at no charge. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-30 16:23 |
| #10 When I was younger there were distribution points where actual food was given out. |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2013-10-30 16:18 |
| #9 "We will not negotiate with people who have bombs strapped to their chests" (sic) |
| Posted by: Ptah 2013-10-30 14:42 |
| #8 Often sounds like a threat when people warn of riots. Wonder why that is? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-10-30 14:32 |
| #7 #4 & #6 In fact its immoral. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-10-30 09:35 |
| #6 Danegeld |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-10-30 07:31 |
| #5 Time to lock and load? Time? Way, way past time. It's coming though, I can feel it. And so do a lot of other people that would never have entertained these thoughts a few years ago. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2013-10-30 07:00 |
| #4 Charity is voluntary donation of time and money to assist people that you, personally, feel deserve some help. Voting for politicians who will take money from your wealthier neighbors in order to fund your own vision of utopia is not, and never can be, charity. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2013-10-30 05:47 |
| #3 The elections are over. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-10-30 03:57 |
| #2 The nationwide cut “is equivalent to about 16 meals a month for a family of three,” Smaller portions ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-30 03:24 |
| #1 Time to lock & load? |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-10-30 01:26 |