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Johnson’s brewing SNAP crisis
https://www.politico.com ^ | 11/02/2023 | MEREDITH LEE HILL

Posted on 11/02/2023 9:46:48 PM PDT by Enterprise

Mike Johnson‘s new role as House speaker heightens the chances of a major political clash next year over one of the nation’s largest welfare programs and the government’s preeminent aid package for farmers and rural America.

The fallout is likely to reverberate in countless congressional races, not to mention President Joe Biden’s attempts to win back rural voters in the 2024 presidential race.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: atthecribchillin; babydaddies; babymommas; gibsmedat; handouts; house; necktattoos; snap; welfare
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Cancel the whole damned program and tell the states to feed their own citizens. Reallocate the money for military families.
1 posted on 11/02/2023 9:46:48 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

The Turtle killed Marlin Stutzmans run for Senate over him wanting SNAP to be a stand alone bill


2 posted on 11/02/2023 10:09:45 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Enterprise

They used the scamdemic to make it as bloated as the house hippos I see using EBT cards at the supermarket.


3 posted on 11/02/2023 10:12:24 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Enterprise

Politico... pass.


4 posted on 11/02/2023 10:16:06 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: pierrem15

Food stamps should be like the WIC program. Very restrictive on what you can buy and they must be healthy foods. Those hippos typically have carts full of junk food processed foods oh and of course a steak or two.


5 posted on 11/02/2023 10:16:10 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Enterprise

Yup.

Good for Speaker Johnson.

He’s got all the right enemies! (like Pollutico for example...)


6 posted on 11/02/2023 10:36:11 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: cableguymn

>> Those hippos typically have carts full of junk food processed foods oh and of course a steak or two.

Everyone in the family, kids included, have nice cellphones too. And “running shoes”! Only the coolest! Dad’s under the table wages afford a pretty nice family ride, as well. Follow them into the parking lot and see!


7 posted on 11/02/2023 10:38:31 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: Enterprise

Hey wait. How about my free shit?


8 posted on 11/02/2023 10:43:15 PM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: jdt1138

>> Hey wait. How about my free shit?

Well, if it was up to me, here’s how it would go...

THE GOOD NEWS: You can have as much free shit as you can cart away!

THE BAD NEWS: It’s literally shit. Fresh from the sewage treatment plant.

:-)


9 posted on 11/02/2023 10:46:33 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: cableguymn
Those hippos typically have carts full of junk food processed foods oh and of course a steak or two.

SNAP is just another "feed 'em and breed 'em" program. I also see plenty of junk food, frozen prepared meals, etc. in the carts of people paying for their stuff with food stamp cards. And they are not dressed shabbily either.

10 posted on 11/02/2023 11:10:40 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: pierrem15

I have seen Hispanics pull up to the checkout line with several overflowing carts and pull out a stack of EBT cards from different states to pay for stuff.

Collapse the welfare system using crimmigrants. Noice.


11 posted on 11/03/2023 12:17:52 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Enterprise

Politico throwing mud to see what sticks. They never threw this kind of mud at Pelosi!


12 posted on 11/03/2023 2:42:59 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: Enterprise

Not that the government should be doing charity work to begin with, but adding illegals to the mix only exacerbates the socialist boondogle.


13 posted on 11/03/2023 2:55:41 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Enterprise

It needs to be fixed, but government incompetence and lack of logic will screw it up even worse before they actually do any good.


14 posted on 11/03/2023 3:32:52 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Enterprise

Unfortunately in this economy there are a whole bunch of righteous honest families and older retired folks who actually do need a little help from SNAP. It is just that little difference of being able to pay their utility bills or not every month. Some veterans are homeless and living in the streets.

What about these folks who are not abusing the system and really need it? Is it moral to make them starve, or become homeless, or dig in trashcans to feed their children?


15 posted on 11/03/2023 3:44:29 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Enterprise

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16 posted on 11/03/2023 4:06:45 AM PDT by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: Openurmind

” Is it moral to make them starve, or become homeless, or dig in trashcans to feed their children?”

Government has no place in charity.

It’s not moral for someone else to take my $$ and give it away.

Charity is for me and you to give as we see fit.


17 posted on 11/03/2023 4:24:20 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: 1of10

When the government seizes your money to give it to someone else, that is NOT charity.


18 posted on 11/03/2023 4:32:19 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: 1of10

“Government has no place in charity.

It’s not moral for someone else to take my $$ and give it away.

Charity is for me and you to give as we see fit.”

In that context then there should be no tax credits, utility discounts, medicare, veteran’s benefits, or Social Security. These are government forced charities also.

I would agree except no one does give. We live in an immoral greedy sadistic culture where the well off would eat a steak in front of someone who is starving to death rather than give one dime as charity. Supporting the local Indian Casino is more important than feeding people.

If we as a “civilized nation” allow our own to starve to death in a “strongest shall survive” environment, then we are no better than primitive caveman and third world.


19 posted on 11/03/2023 4:48:08 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: mewzilla

“seizes your money”

Yes ... what do we call it when someone with a gun takes your money by force ? ...

hmmmmm ... let me think .... how about

ROBBERY ?

When did it become ok for someone to take money from me and you to give to someone else for their vote?

It’s crazy ... it needs to stop.

Why is there never any talk of “welfare” running out of money?
But SS is always “going broke” and $$ for veterans is always on the chopping block.

The cities will fall if the $$ stops.


20 posted on 11/03/2023 4:54:39 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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