Reply #4: What recovery in the out years and if there is such a thing, won't food cost enough more

[TheKentuckian]

that such cuts well be hellish on those who still need assistance that is far from sufficient now?

This "deal" is stone, cold loser. The discussion needed now is the opposite one, how can we increase aid in a nation who's population is increasingly food insecure? The grocery store is a nightmare, I don't know how people with hungry and growing kids do it, even on incomes well past the food stamp eligibility threshold. People are going to die, children, the infirmed, and the old will suffer.

Plus, these mental midgets forget the stimulative impact this program has on the economy, for every dollar you cut, you are taking close to $1.80 out of the broader economy. You don't cut what is consistently stimulative, ever. Doing so contracts the economy.

God protect us from the simple and the selfish.