GOP Governor: No ‘Prepared Foods’ On SNAP, Like Spaghetti Sauce, Pickles And Deli Meat [View all]

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Seriously, because everyone knows it's so much cheaper to buy fresh veggies and make your own.

"Maine Governor Paul Lepage is on another LeRampage against the poor. Well known as a crass corporate puppet who keeps dangling the shiny object of poor-shaming in front of the ignorant in order to keep the focus from his lack of performance and handouts to the wealthy, LePage is again hitting the poor in the face with restrictions and allegations of welfare and food stamp fraud.

His past LeRampages have ended with some of the most insulting public poor-shaming in the nation. He’s said that the 32,000 unemployed Mainers are that way because they’re lazy, and that welfare recipients in Maine are too busy getting high to look for jobs.

LePage ranks 45th in the country in job creation. His tax policies are nothing but a slap in the face to average Mainers, and gifts to wealthy donors. He has refused to expand Medicaid, leaving tens of thousands of Mainers in the “Medicaid Gap” between being eligible for assistance and federal subsidies.

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Many people on food stamps who buy items like these once a month to maximize their benefits may be out of luck, as this LeRampage would require them to instead spend three times as much on fresh cucumbers, vinegar, tomatoes, spices, olive oil and other expensive items rather than a big jar of Vlasics or Prego..."

http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/politics/gop-governor-no-prepared-foods-on-snap-like-spaghetti-sauce-pickles-and-deli-meat/