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surrealAmerican

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17. It should surprise nobody ...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 12:18 PM

Aug 2013

... that there are people who are physically capable of work on food stamps. The problem is not that these are "faulty" people, but that there are not enough jobs that pay a living wage for all the people who need them.

We need to stop blaming poor people for the lack of jobs in this country.

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Congressman who Attacked �Fit� Couple on Food Stamps Took $370,000 In Stimulus [View all] babylonsister Aug 2013 OP

Mr. Mullin supports agro-welfare (to which he will benefit) Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #1

He's really an idiot then Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #4

So according to anti-poor-eating, it's bad if you buy junk food on food stamps, bad if you are fit.. ck4829 Aug 2013 #2

well said. nt DesertFlower Aug 2013 #3

"At this point, I guess the only person they would want on food stamps would be Terri Schiavo." Rain Mcloud Aug 2013 #8

Not even that LeftishBrit Aug 2013 #18

Or ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2013 #14

Hypocritical republican is redundant. BlueManFan Aug 2013 #5

kr Norrin Radd Aug 2013 #6

k and r Faryn Balyncd Aug 2013 #7

Foodstamps for fetuses only. tdb63 Aug 2013 #9

And of course not the Mother! burrowowl Aug 2013 #10

Bingo! nt valerief Aug 2013 #16

Your food stamps are getting in the way of my graft and corruption. nt. Blue Idaho Aug 2013 #11

Markwayne Mullin needs to ask himself.. Cha Aug 2013 #12

He's clearly a self-made man. JBoy Aug 2013 #13

Why, I bet he tells everyone he's not a 'taker', dmr Aug 2013 #20

That's precisely what Dick Cheney claimed in his debate with John Edwards--even though he had tblue37 Aug 2013 #22

He's a skinhead thug wearing a neck blood-flow restricter (tie) for supposed respectability. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #15

It should surprise nobody ... surrealAmerican Aug 2013 #17

Those who are 'first at the government trough' do most of the complaining, I've found. Then they freshwest Aug 2013 #19

There seems to be a pattern of this hypocrisy by those living off the Govt.. midnight Aug 2013 #21

Scratch a repuke, find a hypocrite underneath. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #23

there are some very nasty and malicious people in Congress lcordero2 Aug 2013 #24