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Turbineguy

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8. Cuz dey livin high off da hog?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 10:52 AM

Sep 2012

Time for da GOP to shut dem moooochers down! Fuck'em! Make them stand at an offramp with a cardboard sign like everybody else! Tourists like seeing what a great country this is.

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Why are so many people on foodstamps?? [View all] kentuck Sep 2012 OP

Republicans want the poor to starve and die in the gutter jsr Sep 2012 #1

And bring back an old industry ismnotwasm Sep 2012 #11

Because tama Sep 2012 #2

I think it is a legitimate political issue because the average worker pay has not kept up justiceischeap Sep 2012 #3

Appart from it being humane to keep poor people fed ... surrealAmerican Sep 2012 #4

Food Stamp Eligibility Is Determined By Income Minus Expenses TheMastersNemesis Sep 2012 #5

Need It? Want It? grilled onions Sep 2012 #6

Obstructionist Congressional republicans won't pass anything helpful, maybe? n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #7

Cuz dey livin high off da hog? Turbineguy Sep 2012 #8

What's their alternative, let them starve and die? JaneyVee Sep 2012 #9

It's a malcious question that ignores 8 years of Bush uponit7771 Sep 2012 #10

Food stamps actually bring in something like $1.68 Tsiyu Sep 2012 #12

Raise the minimum wage by $1.00 per hour and cut work week to 36 hours... kentuck Sep 2012 #14

Sure would Tsiyu Sep 2012 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #13

Every time a repub tries to make this an issue EC Sep 2012 #16

Yes, we need a new direction. So tell the fat cat Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #17

You do realize that $24K is the cutoff in most states and that will only get $100/mo. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #18