Food Stamps May Be Split From Farm Bill In House

[RiverNoord]

8. Of course the Repubs want to dismantle SNAP

They want people to be so desperate for work that they will tolerate lower wages and lousy working conditions, rolling back everything that this country achieved years ago to the benefit of the middle class.

Splitting SNAP from the Farm Bill would be a cunning move in that direction, as it would get the support of all agricultural state reps and senators, as well as anyone paid for by Big Agra.

Whenever I discuss the bizarre dichotomy between government subsidizing business vs. assisting the very poor with people who actually get the business subsidies, they make wild claims about how 'welfare' is so big compared to business subsidies. Then, when they see the numbers, they claim that I am lying or getting the info from bogus sources. Apparently the Congressional Record is bogus when compared to their biases...