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2010-08-12 Home Front: Politix

Democrats, Advocacy Groups Blast Cuts to Food Stamps to Fund $26B Aid Bill

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Posted by gorb 2010-08-12 02:43|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Food stamps are different from any other form of welfare.

Lack of food does not motivate people to do anything other than get food now. It can keep them from doing what they need to do to earn money to buy food. Then add to that America having annually so much excess food that thousands of tons of it rot every year.

By giving away excess food, it costs taxpayers *less* money than warehousing it. And it doesn't even impact the retail food market, because free food is less processed, and those with money prefer food that is processed.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-08-12 09:43|| 2010-08-12 09:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Double oops, then.

Posted by gorb 2010-08-12 10:18|| 2010-08-12 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Democrats taking from the truly needy to provide welfare for unionized public employees. Just great.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-08-12 10:47|| 2010-08-12 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Democratic rank and file members, including Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, say the cuts wont take effect until 2014 and will merely return food stamp benefits to pre-stimulus levels.

Why is billions of Stimulus dollars allocated for 2014 no longer needed? Was the money ever needed? Was there an error in calculations when the bill was drafted? Or was it just typical DC slush money? Maybe the real question should be (At the risk of being vulgar) dont the American taxpayers deserve straight Fucking answers?

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-08-12 11:08|| 2010-08-12 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Food stamps are just a subsidy to grocery stores.

How about setting up some food coops where people can work for health food like this one that Vista (remember the home peace corp) set up in the late 60s.
Open Harvest Food Coop

A much more effective expenditure of food aid money!

Posted by 3dc 2010-08-12 13:51|| 2010-08-12 13:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh and ask the teacher's unions to help out at the coops.

Posted by 3dc 2010-08-12 13:51|| 2010-08-12 13:51|| Front Page Top

#7 help in lieu of federal bailouts of their funds...

Posted by 3dc 2010-08-12 13:52|| 2010-08-12 13:52|| Front Page Top

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