Posted on 06/17/2013 5:12:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a massive, five-year farm bill, saying food stamp cuts included in the legislation could leave some Americans hungry.
The House is preparing to consider the bill this week. The legislation would cut $2 billion annually, or around 3 percent, from food stamps and make it harder for some people to qualify for the program. Food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, cost almost $80 billion last year, twice the amount it cost five years ago.
The Senate passed its version of the farm bill last week with only a fifth of the amount of those cuts, or about $400 million a year, with the support of the administration. …
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Good. Veto the farm bill, Barry. It would be a positive start. Oh, wait...what am I thinking?
You are correct-—of course.
But wouldn’t it be great to see it happen?
Today I am ashamed to be Republican.
I am not shamed to stand for what Republicans once stood for just ashamed for their cowardice and greed they now stand for. Selling our country out in a hope that 10% of these illegals and entitlement low-info voters will vote for them.
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