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iamthebandfanman

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3. i know, right?

Thu Nov 21, 2013, 12:17 PM

Nov 2013

that's part of why I posted it.. seemed like a strange reply for a libertarian..

personally, I think hes just a republican who doesn't like to call himself a republican

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my libertarian-leaning republican friends answer to foodstamps [View all] iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 OP

I would send this back to him... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #1

At least your libertarian friends don't want them to starve gollygee Nov 2013 #2

i know, right? iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #3

The two aren't mutually exclusive wercal Nov 2013 #14

Read this thread: gollygee Nov 2013 #21

You keep thinking in terms of somebody who is genuinely hungry wercal Nov 2013 #25

That article is about WIC gollygee Nov 2013 #27

Read it - its about both wercal Nov 2013 #38

The fraud is small in terms of the national cost of SNAP Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #29

I read that story. catnhatnh Nov 2013 #40

If you read the article, its very clear. The store owners were the ones arrested wercal Nov 2013 #41

then maybe iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #45

I don't recall advocating drug testing wercal Nov 2013 #46

That type of fraud is why many vendors were only sanctioned. Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #26

USDA estimate is a 1% trafficking/fraud rate, substantial down from 20 years ago when it was 4%. Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #24

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not everyone with an EBT card iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #13

He's advocating for socialist distribution of basic foodstuffs? Orrex Nov 2013 #5

maybe he's a socialist libertarian? booley Nov 2013 #9

as i told someone else iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #10

Good call Orrex Nov 2013 #15

Let them vote Red, I say! Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #34

And he misused palette for its homonym. maxsolomon Nov 2013 #6

I think he wrote what he meant. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #23

If so, that's substantially more food than a SNAP card can buy. maxsolomon Nov 2013 #33

So food is not a "tradable commodity"........? Wounded Bear Nov 2013 #7

One thing you can be sure of with anyone who self-identifies as "libertarian..." TroglodyteScholar Nov 2013 #16

A habit which, very annoyingly, they accuse liberals of JHB Nov 2013 #22

Classic projection.... Wounded Bear Nov 2013 #30

Actually, your friend's suggestion bluedeathray Nov 2013 #8

No it doesn't do anything effectively. upaloopa Nov 2013 #31

Taxes don't support food stamps and distribution? bluedeathray Nov 2013 #35

Taking it out of the Federal Government lets upaloopa Nov 2013 #32

Your willingness to attempt to pigeonhole people bluedeathray Nov 2013 #36

I don't value your opinion I don't care how I look to you upaloopa Nov 2013 #42

Right, as I said, small minded. bluedeathray Nov 2013 #47

+1000 We would go back to a not-so recent time of rampant malnutrition Tanuki Nov 2013 #37

So they want to create a brand new Government agency designed to distribute food to the poor Johonny Nov 2013 #11

Is he willing to pay higher taxes for that? JHB Nov 2013 #17

Politicians are held accountable treestar Nov 2013 #18

It seems like circular logic to me. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #19

Handing out specific commodities was tried decades ago and was replaced by food stamps and Tanuki Nov 2013 #20

Food spoils EBT cards don't upaloopa Nov 2013 #28

Not all food spoils easily... Soylent is coming... TampaAnimusVortex Nov 2013 #39

why did your friend not consider cutting corporate welfare? grasswire Nov 2013 #43

I always thought the libertarian alternative to food stamps was not food stamps. nt EOTE Nov 2013 #44