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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (236460)11/1/2013 5:41:02 PM
From: Metacomet  Read Replies (2) of 542169
 
I am sure this program would lead to dependency..you know, an eating habit..

You must be proud of your elected reps for doing God work here,

Pathetic bastards that they are

Washington (AFP) - The US Congress on Friday allowed an estimated $5 billion cut to a federal food stamps program to take effect, slashing the social safety net for the poor, elderly and disabled.

Almost 48 million, or one in seven, Americans have had food subsidies cut 13.6 percent after a 2009 recession-fighting measure expired Thursday with no congressional action to extend it.
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