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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (246753)	3/7/2014 11:44:53 AM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541877

really?? "truffles from France"? you think food stamp recipients are buy truffles from France and you don't think food stamps stimulate the economy... never mind it's moral aspect it's a huge fact that food stamps are a huge economic stimulus... one would have to have head up ass not to know this and of course you think Krugman is an idiot, and it's his fault there aren't more jobs because of his "pontificating" for poor folks and the middle class this is one of the most idiotic rants i have read in a while... even for you

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (246753)	3/7/2014 11:53:38 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541877

"when we dump such huge sums of money into the food stamp program, we are doing little to stimulate America or creating jobs here. Why? The money is spent globally;" Food stamps don't come with airline vouchers. The money is spent in a neighbor or corporate grocery store, or at Farmers Markets, or "casinos and marijuana dispensaries", where somebody has a job ringing the cash register and stocking shelves. "Infrastructure; schools, museums, bridges, tunnels, solar on every roof" So how do we get the corporate grocery stores accepting food stamps to solarize their roofs at shareholder expense? And, how do we get them to understand that cutting food stamps is bad for business? Ironically, the one who is putting in green roofs and all, the one we love to hate, is telling them. Nobody is listening, and so is Rat, but that's about it. Wal-Mart: Food stamp cuts to hit profits Wal-Mart Stores warned Friday that cuts to the nation's food stamps program late last year will hurt its bottom line. The cut in food stamps went into effect Nov. 1. Food stamps had been increased during the height of the recession, but that expansion expired without Congressional action. money.cnn.com