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To: neolib who wrote (236490)	11/1/2013 9:31:56 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542201

there will always be a small percentage of people gaming ANY system right now we have the greatest disparity of wealth ever and it continues to rise the stock market is at all time highs... the wealthiest are doing better than ever taxes are the lowest in history to constantly harp on food stamps as a major problem shows a certain cynical bigoted misplaced focus food stamps are a drop in the bucket compared to the largesse in so many other areas and then the fact that the food stamps get spent and go directly back into the economy you seem to think you have some special perspective... i live in a large urban area so i probably see more of it than you and since you say you live in an "ag based economy" why aren't you bitching about the billions in farm subsidies (welfare) that people get? Is Your Congressman One Of The 13 Who Get Federal Farm Subsidies But Voted To Cut Food Stamps? Can you think of a better example of inhumane hypocrisy from our members of Congress than one that literally takes food out of the mouths of children but lines their own wallets with millions of your tax dollars? Back in July, you’ll remember, for the first time since 1973, House Republicans successfully voted to remove the Food Stamp bill from the Farm bill, while retaining and passing the Farm Subsidies bill. For decades, the two were historically combined because the interest of the poor need to be piggybacked to the interests of the rich, or the rich might gut the Food Stamps bill — as they did this week