The Republicans, Scrooge, And Food Stamp Cuts

The Republican Party, particularly in the House of Representatives, has declared war on the Food Stamp program, pushing for a vote to cut about $40 billion from the program, in a vote due later this week.

This cut would come over ten years, and would deny basic food sustenance to poor people, with 76 percent of the beneficiaries being children, senior citizens, the disabled, and war veterans.

As Michele Bachmann said, if one does not work, one does not eat! Isn’t that the “Christian” thing to do? Of course, Jesus Christ would approve, or would he? Anyone sane and moral and ethical knows the answer!

And particularly, when Bachmann and her husband gain federal support for their program to help gays become straight, one of the biggest examples of corruption imaginable!

Meanwhile, corporations get supported by government, and the elite wealthy continue to become wealthier, at the expense of everyone else!

How could anyone with a heart, a sense of decency, vote for these Scrooge (Charles Dickens novel) like characters who do not give a damn about those less fortunate, whether for food stamps or health care or anything that makes lives easier for those who have miserable lives through no fault of their own?

7 comments on “The Republicans, Scrooge, And Food Stamp Cuts

  1. Maggie September 18, 2013 11:30 am

    They only care about money and power and trying to discredit the President of the United States.
    Beyond that many of them are simply stupid with hate.

  2. Jane Doe September 18, 2013 9:17 pm

    They are absolutely heartless!

  3. Princess Leia September 19, 2013 7:58 pm

    I say we rename the GOP “The Hunger Party” or “The Death Panel Party”.

  4. Paul Doyle September 20, 2013 12:56 am

    The Republicans also voted to change the name of the program from SNAP to E-I-E-I-O (Eating is Excluded-It’s Overrated). As part of the farm bill, we can report:

    “Old Macdonald had a subsidized farm E-I-E-I-O”

  5. Ronald September 20, 2013 6:19 am

    HAHA! Paul, I KNOW I can count on you to add a bit of levity to any somber situation! Thanks!

  6. Rustbelt Democrat September 20, 2013 8:51 am

    It seems to be that the GOTea is pro-life until you’re born. After that, you’re on your own.

  7. Ronald September 20, 2013 10:25 am

    Absolutely correct, Rustbelt Democrat, and I have so stated that in the past!

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