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Government shutdown could cut off food stamps
AP ^ | Sep. 22, 2015 | Mary Clare Jalonick

Posted on 09/22/2015 1:22:07 PM PDT by PROCON

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown Oct. 1 could immediately suspend or delay food stamp payments to some of the 46 million Americans who receive the food aid.

The Agriculture Department said Tuesday that it will stop providing benefits "within the first several days of October" if Congress does not pass legislation to keep government agencies open.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foodstamps; govtshutdown; thepoor; thugocracy
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To: PROCON

All will remain quiet here in the hinterlands-the general store-the only place that took Lonestar cards/food stamps quit taking them many months ago...

I guess that if it really happens, in the nearest city-about 50 miles away-there will be people weeping and begging in front of all the WalMarts and big chain grocery stores?


21 posted on 09/22/2015 1:34:54 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: PROCON

Cue the “Not this s**t again...” GIF


22 posted on 09/22/2015 1:35:58 PM PDT by Peter W. Kessler
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To: PROCON
Hillary's a great warrior in the "War on Children" !

Vote for Hillary Clinton





FOR THE
CHILDREN


Elian Gonzalez seized from his Miami home, April 22, 2000 ( 5:58 )



The Federal Siege at Ruby Ridge: In Our Own Words

Bush might have been in office,
but it was Bill and Hillary Clinton's Administration, with Janet Reno and Louis Freeh,
that directed and did the coverup of the investigation into the Ruby Ridge,
the Government MURDER of Weaver's 14 year old son Samuel, and the MURDER of Vicki Weaver,

while she was holding her baby in her arms at the front door of their cabin.




WACO SIEGE EXPOSED





< /sarc>

23 posted on 09/22/2015 1:37:03 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: PROCON

Government employees love govenrment shutdowns. They still get paid, and get even more additional paid vacation time!!


24 posted on 09/22/2015 1:38:10 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: PROCON

Alread the scare tactics.

Whenever it is time for the budget, the scare stories and accusations of wanting to shutdown the government spread throughout the media.


25 posted on 09/22/2015 1:38:29 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: PROCON

If anybody misses a meal because the federal government shuts down, then the federal government is out of control, too big.


26 posted on 09/22/2015 1:38:30 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: PROCON

YUP!


27 posted on 09/22/2015 1:39:09 PM PDT by nomad
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To: PROCON

Sounds like an interesting experiment.


28 posted on 09/22/2015 1:39:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (u)
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To: PROCON

Let it happen.


29 posted on 09/22/2015 1:39:57 PM PDT by Solson (Grand Old Party 1854 - 2010 RIP.)
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To: blackdog

Government employees still get paid!!

A win win with more paid vacation time!


30 posted on 09/22/2015 1:40:07 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: nascarnation

Let them eat grubs.


31 posted on 09/22/2015 1:40:27 PM PDT by Paladin2 (u)
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To: PROCON

Didn’t they say that the last time back in 2013?


32 posted on 09/22/2015 1:40:44 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: PROCON

Administration willing to deliberately anger and turn millions of people against Republicans?


33 posted on 09/22/2015 1:40:46 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: PROCON
Dang Republicans hate poor people, minorities, women and of course hate the children.

The elected Republicans live in fear of your comment. I'm serious. And as long as they let that threat have power over them, they will never reduce the size of the dependent class, only make it larger.

Shutting the EBTs off for a week might, MIGHT, just wake up some people who have long thought of work as optional. Maybe they'd realize that it would be better to depend on their own self for an income instead of Big Daddy Gubmint. I would feel for those who are truly on hard times not of their own making.
34 posted on 09/22/2015 1:42:21 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: nascarnation
The Democrat-Socialists are for the children.......except for those in the womb.
35 posted on 09/22/2015 1:42:23 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: PROCON
My understanding is that anyone cut off from food stamps can go to their local TV stations and their local AP offices or the AP affiliate newspapers and receive all the food they need for themselves and their chilren, under 29, for as long as the shutdown lasts. I know they wouldn't turn anyone away.

ML/NJ

36 posted on 09/22/2015 1:43:04 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Paladin2
I was thinking this would tide them over....


37 posted on 09/22/2015 1:43:25 PM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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To: DoodleDawg

Those in government might have threatened that in ‘13 but just remember, the millions of bureaucrats will continue to get a tax paid funded pay check. It’s no problem for fed/gov employees. In fact they’d like to see this happen often!


38 posted on 09/22/2015 1:44:23 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: PROCON

It is a “living, breathing” document. No, Clinton. It’s not. It said what it meant and it meant what it said.


39 posted on 09/22/2015 1:44:42 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dragnet2

Good point. More vacation time, usually the fall is quite pleasant weather in the beltway region.


40 posted on 09/22/2015 1:45:07 PM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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