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House Republicans readying to propose $40 billion in food stamp cuts
Hotair ^ | 08/01/2013 | Erika Johnsen

Posted on 08/01/2013 11:58:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

This will be a win......for the democrats.


21 posted on 08/01/2013 12:13:58 PM PDT by Gator113
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22 posted on 08/01/2013 12:16:04 PM PDT by 11th_VA (It's all about culture, not color)
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To: SeekAndFind

Shucks! Just when Hawaii is about to spend 100 thousand bucks flying the “homeless” back to the “mainland”. (Article here last night). This is going to cause a huge freeloader/amnesty dreamers train wreck and it isn’t going to be pretty.


23 posted on 08/01/2013 12:18:44 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare is just commie DemocRAT code for genocide.)
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To: Bulwinkle

I’m not against helping people to get back on their feet but we have millions of citizens, generation after generation, on food stamps.


24 posted on 08/01/2013 12:22:19 PM PDT by QQQQ
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To: SeekAndFind

People getting food stamps aren’t voting for them anyway. Cut everything.


25 posted on 08/01/2013 12:25:16 PM PDT by IC Ken
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To: SeekAndFind

The Stupid Party rides again.

They could choose to defund Obamacare and go home like heros, but noooooooo....they need to take food out of the mouths of those struggling to get by in Obama’s march-to-the-sea economy.


26 posted on 08/01/2013 12:25:44 PM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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To: Gator113

RE: This will be a win......for the democrats.

well, if that’s the case, then ANY attempt to cut a significant portion of our bloated budget will be a win for Democrats (Obamacare included ).

Should anyone even try then?


27 posted on 08/01/2013 12:25:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Catsrus

RE: They will hear that Republicans want to starve them and will revolt at the polls.

Well, if that’s the case, then ANY attempt to cut a significant portion of our bloated budget will be a win for Democrats (Obamacare included ).

Should anyone even try then?

Might as well let the waste continue until we eventually become Greece.


28 posted on 08/01/2013 12:27:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Catsrus

This is really where they want to stand their ground? They cant do anything right.


29 posted on 08/01/2013 12:29:17 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Half or more of the budget goes into bureaucracy, why can’t they just say they will cut that and not the benefits?

The Dems would really howl then.


30 posted on 08/01/2013 12:30:29 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: SeekAndFind
... could include steps such as mandatory drugs tests and employment rules suspension of voting rights.

I could go with that as a stipulation.

31 posted on 08/01/2013 12:31:53 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Catsrus
Freepers have been gunning for the House to cut food stamps for months.

Now that they do many Freepers are now decrying the move.

My guess is that even if the House proposed 500 B in cuts they'd still get criticized here.

32 posted on 08/01/2013 12:32:08 PM PDT by what's up
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To: SeekAndFind
They won't close the border and clamp down on illegal immigration because it might hurt them.

Then they do this.  So just how valid is the concern on the item touched on in the first line here?


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33 posted on 08/01/2013 12:34:14 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Kill the bill... Begin enforcing our current laws, signed by President Ronald Reagan.)
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To: Mr. K

Drug tests for food stamps? Sounds like the House GOPers are loading up the bill with red meat for the base. That will never, ever see the light of day in the Senate without a serious fight with the Dems. If the leadership is going to toss this stuff out I expect them to stick to their guns.


34 posted on 08/01/2013 12:38:48 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: what's up

Freepers have been gunning for the House to cut food stamps for months.
Now that they do many Freepers are now decrying the move.

My guess is that even if the House proposed 500 B in cuts they’d still get criticized here.


I don’t care what the beltway GOP propose. I care what they fight for. Big difference. I will buy you a clue, the beltway GOP are not going to engage the Dems and fight for these cuts. This is all dog and pony phony conservative distraction from the upcoming amnesty charade.


35 posted on 08/01/2013 12:44:25 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m not so sure we aren’t already Greece.


36 posted on 08/01/2013 12:45:52 PM PDT by Catsrus
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To: SeekAndFind

I can hear the Dems howling already. :=)


37 posted on 08/01/2013 12:46:18 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Catsrus

Well, in this case, should we ACCELERATE the process even more? Or slow it down?


38 posted on 08/01/2013 12:47:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

We should certainly “try” to cut the bloated budget and I won’t pretend to know the best approach. All I am saying is that in the realm of public opinion, the dems will win on this one.


39 posted on 08/01/2013 12:54:51 PM PDT by Gator113
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RE: All I am saying is that in the realm of public opinion, the dems will win on this one.

Should we expect the GOP congress to do the right thing, or worry about public opinion? Doing the right thing is oftentimes NOT popular.

You can’t have your cake and eat it too.


40 posted on 08/01/2013 12:56:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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