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.
So, who are the rich gutting the food stamps bill? Member of Congress, of course.
This week, the Republican-led House voted to strip $40 billion in food stamps funding over a ten year period. If that bill becomes law it will kick four million Americans — many if not most of them families with children — off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program.
They also voted to make, as a condition of receiving food stamps, most recipients work 20 hours a week — in an economy that has 7.3 percent unemployment.
More at http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/is-your-congressman-one-of-the-13-who-get-federal-farm-subsidies-but-voted-to-cut-food-stamps/politics/2013/09/21/75493 .
[font color=green]The summarized list:
Robert Aderholt - AL
Blake Farenthold - TX
Stephen Fincher - TN
Vicky Hartzler - MO
John Kline - MN
Doug LaMalfa - CA
Tom Latham - IA
Frank Lucas - OK
Cynthia Lummis - WY
Randy Neugebauer - TX
Kristi Noem - SD
Marlin Stutzman - IN
Mac Thornberry - TX
A few of those representatives would have negative net worth if they had not received farm subsidies (Fincher and Noem in particular).
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who ran for governor in TX in the '70s. He's the one in the bunny rubber duckie p.j.(s). In the mug shots, it might be the woman who is another of Sissy's grandkids, Bunnypants' RubberDuckie's sister? When Bunnypants RubberDuckie asked her blessing to run, telling her it would be as a Rethug (of the TeaBag sort), she gave it on the grounds of his being her blood and said she regretted his party choice. That's Sissy, bottom/left.
