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26. We pay subsidies to growers but we can't pay to feed

Reply to OhioChick (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2013, 03:16 PM

May 2013

hungry Americans.
We have our priorities wrong.

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House panel set to OK cut in food stamp program [View all] OhioChick May 2013 OP

Austerity at the cost of the poor liberal N proud May 2013 #1

Yes and you can bet they left in the enormous corporate welfare for factory farms. denverbill May 2013 #3

You left out the biggest corporate welfare recipient... amerciti001 May 2013 #6

It's The American Way pscot May 2013 #18

What really gets me is the right wing has so many Americans supporting cuts to welfare liberal N proud May 2013 #22

And the scandal happy congress will force Obama to sigh off on it or else zeemike May 2013 #2

then cut the agri-business welfare leftyohiolib May 2013 #4

If only, if only, the poor could somehow delay flights. mountain grammy May 2013 #5

I was thinking along the same lines as you... sikofit3 May 2013 #7

why do you think... Bully Taw May 2013 #12

Right,,, your travel time is far more important than food for the hungry... Bandit May 2013 #17

you don't think its possible to have both? Bully Taw May 2013 #24

Hey Bully, I said nothing about "only the wealthy fly" mountain grammy May 2013 #31

hard working people... Bully Taw May 2013 #32

Believe what you want, you really don't get it. mountain grammy May 2013 #35

i think i get it... Bully Taw May 2013 #44

Nothing to defend.. you're the one making this up as you go along. mountain grammy May 2013 #45

Rec for wtf uppityperson May 2013 #8

Oh, SNAP cvoogt May 2013 #9

In a surprisingly rapid response, the president declared he will veto any such measure Doctor_J May 2013 #10

HAHA blkmusclmachine May 2013 #36

"Small cuts" means people won't eat Politicub May 2013 #11

It's what any good "community organizer" would do. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #37

The house panel is working on a bill with the cuts Politicub May 2013 #43

The senate version has $4.1B in cuts to SNAP synapticwave May 2013 #13

That bill is not going anywhere. It will die in subcommittee. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #15

It's already out of committee, passed 15-5 synapticwave May 2013 #19

I wasn't up on the latest developments. Thanks for sharing. It won't pass the chamber. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #29

It won't get anywhere in the Senate. We need to hold the Senate in 2014. We have no other choice! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #14

And we have the White House, which has a veto Doctor_J May 2013 #21

I won't acknowledge your unnecessary snarkiness. I assert that we don't want this kind of cut Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #27

We "have" the White House. In. Name. Only. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #38

The 1% will make good Soylent Green one day. onehandle May 2013 #16

Food Stamps SamKnause May 2013 #20

But DC has PLENTY of money for 30,000 armed Drones to patrol your neighborhood: blkmusclmachine May 2013 #39

So they are cutting the automatic recipients from other programs! All they will accomplish is more jwirr May 2013 #23

So true! If someone's income is low enough for one subsidy then Auntie Bush May 2013 #30

I thought about the jobs also. jwirr May 2013 #49

More paper pushers to make life even harder for the poor? Daniel537 May 2013 #50

" look at all the jobs it will create" Auntie Bush May 2013 #51

Helloooo AP. Not getting food stamps when you need them is not a "small cut." SunSeeker May 2013 #25

We pay subsidies to growers but we can't pay to feed upaloopa May 2013 #26

A-holes get enraged over SNAP "entitlements" Blandocyte May 2013 #28

I live with a conservative idiot Eksynyt May 2013 #33

It's a supplemental food program Gormy Cuss May 2013 #34

Ice cream isn't that expensive... Archae May 2013 #40

see reply #41 /nt Ash_F May 2013 #42

You're assuming that the Starbucks was expensive. Gormy Cuss May 2013 #46

I believe at least coffee is not allowed. Ash_F May 2013 #41

Yes, it's because it was a cup of Joe. Gormy Cuss May 2013 #47

And that is much cheaper. /nt Ash_F May 2013 #48