GOP Wants To Steal Turkey From Poor People, White House Says

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is hitting Republicans on the head with a turkey leg because they want to cut food stamp spending and it's Thanksgiving.

"At a time when people are about to sit around the table with their families to celebrate a meal, it hardly seems the right time to be pulling food off the table for millions of our neighbors," White House economic advisor Gene Sperling said on a Tuesday conference call with reporters.

Republicans in the House of Representatives want to trim Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program spending by 5 percent, or roughly $4 billion per year. A conference committee is currently hashing out differences between the House proposal and Senate legislation that makes a much more modest reduction. House Republicans are unlikely to get their way, but if they did, the cuts would take effect next year, not this week.

Nevertheless, Sperling said it goes against the spirit of Thanksgiving to reduce nutrition assistance.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/food-stamp-cuts_n_4344840.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[House of Roberts]

1. The GOP wants to steal the difference of the cost

of turkey and baloney. That's what chained CPI does. They've already stolen the amount above the cost of the turkey.