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Stephen Fincher, a deranged Republican congressman from Tennessee, is very angry that the federal government is committed to preventing poor people from starving to death:
Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, who supports cuts to the program, had his own Bible verse from the Book of Thessalonians to quote back to Vargas: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat,” he said.
The reason this is even more egregious than the usual Republican class warfare is that Fincher himself is a poster boy for government dependency. It's not just that he's benefited here and there from some government help. That sort of low-level hypocrisy is almost to be expected from these types. But Fincher has received millions - $3.2 million as of June 2010 - in federal crop subsidies. The people who refer to themselves as Tea Partiers threatened to derail his candidacy over this, but then they realized that they have no principles, and supported him anyway. He's now a member of the "Tea Party Caucus," which, amazingly, is something that actually exists. Fincher's brother and father also snatched another $6.7 million in subsidies as Stephen geared up to run for Congress on a platform of eliminating "wasteful government spending." The "wasteful spending" that he had in mind, of course, was that which serves policy aims with which he disagrees, such as keeping poor people alive.
House Republicans are on a mission to slash the SNAP program by $20 billion over the next decade.
http://www.alternet.org/goper-who-go...tter843018&t=7
Confederate red state Repugs never fail to amuse.
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Last edited by FromWayDowntown; 05-20-2013 at 08:38 PM.
unwilling to work? I'm pretty sure a lot of people are very willing to work.
"lot of people are very willing to work."
a lot of people are working at jobs like Wal-mart, retail, food service and still are dependent on public assistance.
Fincher's dog whistling racism to the bubbas, since we know black people are characterized as unwilling-to-work welfare frauds, going back to St Ronnie and his Welfare Queen in a Cadillac.
Lol, dog whistle racism. Only dogs can hear it
It would be nice if we lived in a country where people like yourself, who have sympathy for welfare recipients, footed the bill for them, while the rest who had no sympathy weren't held accountable for giving a dime.
It would also be nice if I didn't have to pay for the War in Iraq and worthless farmers who need subsidies to make a living, but Republicans insist the tax payer has to foot the bill for both.
I guess it works both ways.
So because I don't want to pay for welfare recipients that means I support a war? Go yourself with your ass backwards logic.
Disagree, it would be a completely ty country. It would be a country that screams "you're only a fellow American if you can make ends meet, otherwise you're s ".
That would include people like soldiers that risked their lives for every other American (almost 10% of them are unemployed, 20% for women) that would find their country turned it's back on them. Things like the VA, veteran's unemployment benefits, etc are welfare too.
I get that there is probably some people gaming the welfare system, and I'm pretty sure everyone would like that to be addressed and resolved. But in those cases, welfare or the 'safety net' itself isn't the problem. The problem is the loopholes that allow gaming the system.
no we are in agreement. It's the gaming of the system that pisses me off, and the Dems have made it easier and more desirable to game. That's what gets me.
This piece of should come work at Target and see how he likes it. Let this er work at Target for a month and see if he loves working minimum wage and barely making enough to survive.
I'm sorry Jacob but I don't remember filling out your application and forcing you to work at Target. you and Target. Do something with your life and find a new job, complaining on a message board will get you no where in life.
Debatable. Things like extending unemployment benefits ad-infinitum is done by Congress, so that one is definitely on both parties.
The reality is that whenever there's an economic crisis, the 'safety net' is used much more. Just common sense. And neither party wants to get blamed for leaving people hanging.
"neither party wants to get blamed for leaving people hanging."
Ryan and other sociopaths are obviously working to leave Ms of people hanging.
Why do so many more welfare recipients vote Democrat?
you'd think fincher would be a democrat.
Dems have traditionally been the party of Have-Nots, the Repugs the party of the Haves, 99% vs 1%.
While the Dems haven't done much FOR the 99%, the Repugs are aggressively screwing the 99%.
The 99% includes far more than just welfare recipients. I'll ask again. Why do welfare recipients disproportionally support Democrats?
Farm subsidies benefit the landowners who may or may not farm. Take away the subsidies and besides eliminating a lot of needless jobs will eventually lead to lower land costs. Nothing more nothing less.
dumb redneck farmer trying to defend farm subsidies in order to justify the welfare he gets from the government
Throw all the insults you want. If you reread what I wrote you'll see that the farmer does not benefit unless hes the landowmer. Sort if like an industry passing down a tax to the consumer.
Yes. I'm stupid. So stupid I put myself in a financial situation that most here can only dream about at twice my age through some very good investments and hard work.
and through gubbamint handouts.
You're no different than someone who lives in the slums of Baltimore and is subsidized via foodstamps and the earned income tax credit every year.
Which is it? Am I stupid or s ? I'm sure it's all luck, right?
Average SNAP payment is $130/month
I'm all for cutting out fraud and loopholes (esp doc/clinic/hospital medicare/medicaid fraud which must total more than SNAP fraud), but I bet only a tiny fraction of the SNAP recipients are cheating to get $130/month
It's not luck, it's government handouts. This country has makers and takers as Mitt Romney says, and you're a taker. I give you props on gaming the system.
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