One reason I hate Republicans: [View all]

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Last edited Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:35 PM - Edit history (1)

House Republicans recently proposed cuts to nutrition assistance that will kick 280,000 low-income children off automatic enrollment in the Free School Lunch and Breakfast Program. Those same kids and 1.5 million other people will also lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly food stamp benefits) that help them afford food at home.

Ten years’ worth of these nutrition cuts could be prevented for the price of one year of tax cuts on 3,340 multimillion dollar estates that House Republicans are protecting in their budget.

On April 18 the House Agriculture Committee passed a bill cutting over $33 billion from SNAP over the next decade.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/04/25/470967/gop-school-lunch-cuts/?mobile=nc

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How can any Republican be allowed to skate on this 'Comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted' issue? This is cruelty, plain and simple and there's no way they can turn this sow's ear into a silk purse. I'm so mad about this, just livid.

On edit: I am indebted to kpete for posting this first in LBN. Neglected to attribute it when first posting.