Gohmert: Cutting food stamps not evil because poor people buy king crab legs

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110. response

see my age is showing i guess,i was taught as an American citizen we are all "innocent until proven guilty",that until we do something that is wrong that people can tell is wrong from our public life,we are not to be penalized by our gov't
i have never had to show id to use my debit card but maybe i look more trustworthy than you

Nothing to do with innocence or guilt, all to do with being sure the person given the benefits is the person using the benefits. The law was recently changed, any retailer can ask to see ID when doing a credit/debit card transaction...it used to be illegal. I think you're confused, it's not your age that is showing.


as i said,stupid,judy and karen's food would go alot farther if judy could buy a bag of beans,karen buy the rice,judy adds a can of tomatoes and judy adds a (way to expensive for poor peops ) fresh pepper

I agree but when you become frustrated because you clearly misunderstand what is being said you resort to name calling? Classy. I'm guessing you aren't so brave in person. I thought I would see a higher level of discussion here. Guess not. This wasn't my example, it was from the quoted website. Put your glasses on. I quoted all examples from the website for completeness so it wouldn't look like I was cherry picking my information.

as to the family farm thing,i live in the middle of farm country,most farmers that have survived inherited thousands of acres simply because their greats got here first and i still would not begrudge them their "welfare" as long as the same bill feeds the poor kids

I live outside of Topeka, KS and YOU life in farm country? Anyway, I guess we will have to disagree. Smallish co-op farms I do feel need some help at times but the "thousands of acres" farms you describe, they are often 6 and 7 figure businesses. They're just fine.

so while we agree on some things i do not think that poor peops liberties should be infringed upon simply because they are poor and someone poor somewhr misused the system

Please give examples, what liberties have I suggested be infringed? Is it a constitutional liberty to NOT have your name on a Vision (food assistance) card that was assigned to you to prove that YOU are the one entitled to that assistance? Is it a liberty to NOT have to show an ID when using said assistance card? Is it an infringement to privacy? If so, why is it okay to have my name on MY driver's license, passport, etc. ? These are government issued cards that are assigned to be used by a specific person.

There are no liberties being infringed. There would be no violations of privacy. These are reasonable suggestions to spend the money of the citizens of this country in the most responsible way possible.