Posted on 08/01/2013 11:58:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor promised his Democratic colleagues that they would put the food-stamp portion of the traditional “farm bill,” which they split from its usual “agricultural policy” copilot earlier this month, on the agenda in short order. Republicans, however, have been cooking up a new plan for the food-stamp program just about certain to send all Congressional Democrats into an almighty uproar, via Reuters:
U.S. House Republicans plan to propose a $40 billion cut to the nation’s food stamp program, the head of the House Agriculture Committee said on Thursday, twice the cuts previously sought by conservatives.
Committee Chairman Frank Lucas said legislation on the food assistance program, known as SNAP, would be the second part of any talks on the U.S. farm bill with the Senate.
Lucas told lobbyists that a Republican working group agreed on cuts expected to total $40 billion and could include steps such as mandatory drugs tests and employment rules.
If this idea makes into the proposed legislation, I’m thinking it will easily make its way out of the Republican-controlled House, and then they’ll have both a food-stamp bill and the disgrace of an agriculture bill they already passed to send into conference with the Senate’s still-omnibus version. That will not go well.
Democrats are going to be having the obvious hissyfits about how Republicans don’t care about poor people and want to gut a program whose enrollment has grown by 70 percent in less than five years, the horror, and the White House will almost certainly issue their usual veto threat on anything that makes even the slightest attempt at reforming our broken welfare state. I can see Harry Reid now, with all of the moral outrage of one fighting a completely fictitious evil demon: “Youuuuuuuuu! Shall not! Paaaaaaaaass!”
DING DING F’N DING!
R’s need to learn this lesson. Stop catering to the welfare class, they are not going to give you their vote in any case.
Stop catering to illegals. Stop catering to bottom feeders.
I mean sure, you might get a swing of 2%, but the corruption of the dems will offset that in any event.
Stick to your guns and your morals, you spineless bastards!
Stiff upper lip! Even if you lose, you fought with dignity!
Better to get your ass kicked with dignity than to walk away through pandering and groveling. At least that’s what I was taught and what I teach my kids.
It slips my memory (dang age)right now, but what is the figure in dollars of food stamps that is estimated that is being sent overseas?
And what is the cost of advertising and food stamps being sent to Mexico now?
Maybe if we put a clamp down on (heaven forbid) by prosecuting the low lifes selling these overseas and quit the insane advertising in MEXICO we would only have to cut 35 billion.
Since SNAP is a “Farm Program”, here is a modest proposal. Government buys US grown farm produce, meats and dairy at market price. Those who qualify currently for SNAP can go to the Government ran food pantry and get these (US grown only) farm products to supplement their food budget. Michelle can manage the menus and product availability to ensure her peeps have access to wholesome foods.
Of course, also shut off the damn EBT cards that are used for everything *but* food. I saw a guy buy a $50 bottle of bourbon with one just yesterday. I looked at my $20 bottle of Jim Beam and thought: “What a sucker I am going to work everyday.”
these articles never mention how much the program actually spends and if this cut is really just a reduction in the rate of growth over 10 years or something
That is very true.
Didn’t get a good look at the stamps. I’m sure I will see them again...and again, etc.
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