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Bear Creek

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Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:12 PM

Dec 2017

Hamburger was almost $8 lb and ribeyes were $5. People concerned about what other people eat are idiots. They dont want poor people to eat fresh fruit or vegetables. Remember Grassley said middle class and below do not deserve money they will just use it for movies, acholol and women.

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McConnell and Ryan say Food Stamp Program needs to end [View all] iluvtennis Dec 2017 OP

A lot of military families use food stamps. AJT Dec 2017 #1

So do a lot of people who work at walmart. Merlot Dec 2017 #5

So do a lot of firemen working in national forrests grantcart Dec 2017 #34

Given their way, national forests will be eliminated, too. George II Dec 2017 #58

All national parks and government land is going, all of it. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #110

But T H E E M A I L S ! ! ! ! George II Dec 2017 #115

Grocers certainly don't mind "food stamps," ( especially in current "card" form). maddiemom Dec 2017 #104

Yes this will hit food providers along with food recipients,Medicaid will hit medical clinics lunasun Dec 2017 #136

30% of Wal-Mart grocery profits are in food stamps. haele Dec 2017 #138

EBT cards keep small grocers alive. Codeine Dec 2017 #174

So do a lot of Trump/republican voters workinclasszero Dec 2017 #46

and a lot of red state voters Skittles Dec 2017 #64

Especially red state voters. maddiemom Dec 2017 #106

And they can't all be minorities residentcynic Dec 2017 #183

Post removed Post removed Dec 2017 #2

Who gets to decide what people can and can't eat? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #7

Thank you! inanna Dec 2017 #17

The GOP Starvation Panels of course. democratisphere Dec 2017 #18

GOP death squads coming workinclasszero Dec 2017 #48

Typical GOPlutocrats and Evangelicultists DoubleAgentOrange Dec 2017 #153

Yep they can't get away with bullets... workinclasszero Dec 2017 #220

Palin did say they were coming Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #168

Yeah republicans will make health care for the rich only workinclasszero Dec 2017 #221

nice post ditto nt burnbaby Dec 2017 #23

Thanks for posting this!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #26

I watched CSPAN last night. Blue_true Dec 2017 #38

The unspoken problem is what food is available in areas where a high amount of food stamps are used. haele Dec 2017 #68

I was recently riding shotgun in my brother's pickup as he drove through a rural area. Blue_true Dec 2017 #73

You've never went to a half off store? sarah FAILIN Dec 2017 #82

My oldest brother is really, really, really cheap. Blue_true Dec 2017 #94

My husband is super cheap too sarah FAILIN Dec 2017 #108

The model for stores like Dollar General and Family Dollar is to locate in economically depressed Blue_true Dec 2017 #196

Sometimes expiration dates are legal protection Marthe48 Dec 2017 #144

My MiL used to live near a small Alabama town named "Slapout" haele Dec 2017 #121

No, that is the "perceived" problem. PinkTiger Dec 2017 #184

Thank you. Solly Mack Dec 2017 #43

The invisible hand of the free market IronLionZion Dec 2017 #44

They forget Bear Creek Dec 2017 #91

The same people that decide what you get to buy on WIC sarah FAILIN Dec 2017 #76

People on SNAP should be permitted to make their own food choices. DLevine Dec 2017 #114

Your opinion. sarah FAILIN Dec 2017 #116

Obviously it is my opinion. DLevine Dec 2017 #118

I don't see anything undignified about the current WIC program sarah FAILIN Dec 2017 #137

I could be you, poor, older, not good health and I agree with you. I am episcopalian notdarkyet Dec 2017 #171

Most of the produce in my area comes from Chile Oppaloopa Dec 2017 #188

projecting our own experience onto an efficient and collective answer is fallacious at best. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #199

What efficient and collective answer are you meaning sarah FAILIN Dec 2017 #202

We were at one of those make your own pizza and take it home type places and my boyfriend.. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #83

It is what they preach at the mega church IronLionZion Dec 2017 #95

repukes are depending on churches to aid the poor Marthe48 Dec 2017 #148

Good for you Oppaloopa Dec 2017 #189

As long as there have been food stamps there have been people making that argument dflprincess Dec 2017 #170

For Repukes the ways are endless StarzGuy Dec 2017 #182

The low amount of food stamp money already heavily limits what they can eat ShadowLiberal Dec 2017 #213

Who says that people who use food stamps buy twinkies? Merlot Dec 2017 #8

No they buy crab legs and steaks Bear Creek Dec 2017 #96

Not all people on food stamps Cha Dec 2017 #131

No avocados for you Bear Creek Dec 2017 #133

Quite Right Me. Dec 2017 #140

Precisely. Cha Dec 2017 #142

Is that a standard practice or a statistical aberration? LanternWaste Dec 2017 #200

But you CAN buy Twinkies and other junk food with food stamps. maddiemom Dec 2017 #113

True Bear Creek Dec 2017 #130

How Will You Determine What Food People Buy Me. Dec 2017 #11

The food police already exists. This is the link to the WIC food requirements already in place sarah FAILIN Dec 2017 #89

Last year Bear Creek Dec 2017 #132

People Should Lay JUdgment Aside Me. Dec 2017 #139

... demmiblue Dec 2017 #21

Exactly what happens when people vote in sociopaths and sadists! Damn Americans are RKP5637 Dec 2017 #3

I would say mean even more than stupid. Willie Pep Dec 2017 #185

Exactly!!! "then the plutocrats move up the ladder until everyone but them is reduced to ruins." RKP5637 Dec 2017 #191

And all those rural Trump voting fools in KY, WV, TN, OH, PA, and NC who get .... Botany Dec 2017 #4

Also, all those who work at walmart won't be able to afford to work there Merlot Dec 2017 #12

Not to worry they will be able to work @ the coal mines and all the supporting businesses that .... Botany Dec 2017 #19

Retail jobs are dissapearing anyhow, no wonder trumpft's bringing back coal jobs Merlot Dec 2017 #24

Yep, jobs are disappearing all over the place for many reasons. Even those feeling safe RKP5637 Dec 2017 #29

Not only are jobs disappearing, and have been for quite a few years now, maddiemom Dec 2017 #154

Yep! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #156

Trump is not and can not bring back coal. Botany Dec 2017 #33

Yes, I know that, but his supporters don't. Merlot Dec 2017 #37

I think many of his supporters know down deep that coal is dead* but to them ... Botany Dec 2017 #41

Having lived in three of the "coal mining states," maddiemom Dec 2017 #159

Plus alot of the retail grocery chains will lose money and lay off more people so cstanleytech Dec 2017 #77

SNAP dollar generates xxqqqzme Dec 2017 #112

But "trickle down" economics WILL WORK this time, dang it! maddiemom Dec 2017 #160

Good. Fuck them. roamer65 Dec 2017 #70

I live near a rural town in NM - no food stamps would close the grocery store womanofthehills Dec 2017 #212

Let them eat cake. nm Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #6

Not that, it's too much like Twinkies. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #9

I always felt like Marie got a bum rap on that one Merlot Dec 2017 #25

That came from an anti-monarchist pamphlet, circa 1780's sarge43 Dec 2017 #71

Thanks for the heads up. Did not know that. byronius Dec 2017 #78

My guess is all "welfare" monies will go into a block grant for each state. AJT Dec 2017 #10

Letting each state decide how it's spent. Merlot Dec 2017 #14

Yep. It will go to private companies to run the programs. AJT Dec 2017 #16

Pretty much. Xolodno Dec 2017 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author TheFrenchRazor Dec 2017 #146

These two assholes are not public servants, no where close, but I remember a man who was turbinetree Dec 2017 #13

Old Joe Kennedy might not have been a very good guy... maddiemom Dec 2017 #117

Yepper, spot on turbinetree Dec 2017 #120

Not only will we be dying in the streets, now we will be starving in the streets. democratisphere Dec 2017 #15

The poor must die in the gutter dalton99a Dec 2017 #20

The food and ag industry will fight this SHRED Dec 2017 #22

This. MissB Dec 2017 #36

Food goes to the people SHRED Dec 2017 #40

McConnell and Ryan need to end. elleng Dec 2017 #27

Yes! I hate these fucking bastards with all my heart. smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #35

You have the absolute right idea!! Yes, lets DO it 👍🏼 Guilded Lilly Dec 2017 #107

Yes for Bryce notinkansas Dec 2017 #204

Both are pigs who are getting rich, by killing off the poor. Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #28

TRUMP-VOTING STATES MOST UTILIZE SNAP (FOOD STAMPS) SummerSnow Dec 2017 #30

How many missed meals till anarchy? ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #31

modern day poorhouse shanti Dec 2017 #62

Double That Bear Creek Dec 2017 #86

Prisons are all going to be privatized ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #100

Not to mention Bear Creek Dec 2017 #129

So let's say the GOP get their way and eliminate all social programs. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #39

My belief shanti Dec 2017 #59

They must have forgot how well that worked... Volaris Dec 2017 #79

The Rich will simply move away and/or hire security forces, both personal and neighborhood mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #101

Still plenty of good land in South America! maddiemom Dec 2017 #161

Some will succeed at this but breakdown of societies MarcA Dec 2017 #172

SNAP gets one of the best ROIs of any government program. Which just goes to show that it really WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #42

For the record, Fed. Govt. USDA background info. on SNAP implementation, appalachiablue Dec 2017 #122

Fine. Then raise the fucking minimum wage TexasBushwhacker Dec 2017 #45

Minimum wage would be $19 an hour today if it kept up with producvtivity. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #49

+100. n/t whathehell Dec 2017 #57

Well, I guess that is one way to kill Walmart. Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #47

Starvation of the sick, old and poor children brought to you by the "pro-life" party folks workinclasszero Dec 2017 #50

Around here Bear Creek Dec 2017 #93

I'd suggest crematoriums Maynar Dec 2017 #179

Becuz Republikkkan Jeezuz would let 'em all starve C_U_L8R Dec 2017 #51

It's this loathsome creature for sure........ workinclasszero Dec 2017 #55

Rand was a parasite MFM008 Dec 2017 #187

She was evil workinclasszero Dec 2017 #219

Could it be ... ... SATAN!?!?!??!?! FiveGoodMen Dec 2017 #75

Sure seem like they embrace anti-christ-ian values C_U_L8R Dec 2017 #109

I had to go on food Stamps once as did whathehell Dec 2017 #52

Why this will play well in Working Class White America: maxsolomon Dec 2017 #53

Remember Craig T Nelson? TexasBushwhacker Dec 2017 #60

You can't fix Stupid maxsolomon Dec 2017 #63

First, end congressional pay for McConnell and Ryan as well as their health insurance. muntrv Dec 2017 #54

Ah, of course it does. LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #56

Well, in a way, they are right. Turbineguy Dec 2017 #61

That's what I was thinking too. kydo Dec 2017 #69

I cant find anything on Fox News that mentions McConnell and Ryan agreeing that the Leghorn21 Dec 2017 #65

The current incarnation of the republican party PatSeg Dec 2017 #66

Hey, this Allen Marshall guy has a great twitterfeed mainer Dec 2017 #67

Gotta pay for those rich people tax cuts. WiseElder Dec 2017 #72

That was always the fear of conservatives. Turbineguy Dec 2017 #80

Republican Jesus commands the faithful ... Martin Eden Dec 2017 #74

,,, and hurry the Endtimes! Cryptoad Dec 2017 #81

The documentary linked above should be required viewing for every elected official jmbar2 Dec 2017 #84

Filthy, disgusting, thuglicans working towards ... LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #85

How many in Kentucky are on food stamps? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2017 #87

They want to kill off the middle class, turning them poor. lark Dec 2017 #88

I know what we should do... BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2017 #90

Eat the rich! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #123

I got no qualms. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2017 #150

That reminded me of this videohead5 Dec 2017 #173

Man, Liberals are never satisfied ... here we have the GOP trying to protect the Earth ... mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #92

This showed up on my Twitter feed today: Saviolo Dec 2017 #97

... geardaddy Dec 2017 #98

Somehow I think they will try to sell it so that it only cuts Food Stamps to 'the others' n2doc Dec 2017 #99

This is also a farm/dairy subsidy program Lithos Dec 2017 #102

Crime rate is going to go up Corgigal Dec 2017 #103

It's bad enough that the new tax laws will flatten or lessen consumer spending, Eyeball_Kid Dec 2017 #105

yeah, well, Comrades McTurtle and Irish Undertaker.... Raster Dec 2017 #111

In part, I believe they say these things Runningdawg Dec 2017 #119

When's Ryan going to repay taxpayers the money DeminPennswoods Dec 2017 #124

In fact, let's call Ryan what he is: A Welfare King DeminPennswoods Dec 2017 #125

The "Wienermobile!" nt maddiemom Dec 2017 #205

Ayn Rand meets Charles Dickens in Republican Land. Golden Raisin Dec 2017 #126

food stamps are the first safety net...when i worked as a school counselor... samnsara Dec 2017 #127

It helps Bear Creek Dec 2017 #135

They are going to hear from Coke, Pepsi, Lays, etc. Donors who are enriched by poor diets elfin Dec 2017 #128

When I was a deputy it was common for an entire months SNAP allotment Lee-Lee Dec 2017 #193

Corporate welfare will be the only welfare allowed. lpbk2713 Dec 2017 #134

The assault on Americans continues bdamomma Dec 2017 #141

There are two ways to get rid of the rich FiveGoodMen Dec 2017 #143

It'll happen, they just play on the hatefulness of the public Kimchijeon Dec 2017 #145

un-f-ing believable. as if the obscenely rich aren't already rich enough. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2017 #147

When did they say this? You just cant throw this out there without reference or link Pepsidog Dec 2017 #149

I just checked again for a fox link, dog, for about the third time today...I still got Leghorn21 Dec 2017 #162

Well thanks for checking. Read about Ryan going after entitlement reform under reconciliation rules Pepsidog Dec 2017 #175

These clowns stay in office is what needs to come to a close! Plucketeer Dec 2017 #151

I say lets eat the GOP. It is all they are good for. McCamy Taylor Dec 2017 #152

Elimination of the poor, the sick, the old. No profit centers in those groups. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #155

They just want to punish people. rickford66 Dec 2017 #157

Rot in hell the both of them MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #158

Fine, replace it with a living wage. bitterross Dec 2017 #163

The answer Bear Creek Dec 2017 #192

They havent seen protests yet...stop the food stamp program.... pbmus Dec 2017 #164

Jane Austin says . . . Jane Austin Dec 2017 #165

Just can't wait to officially bring back serfdom can they? rwsanders Dec 2017 #166

the soulless creatures need to suck more money Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #167

Cruel, greedy, heartless, anti-Americans. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #169

Food Banks videohead5 Dec 2017 #176

Hey, if poor people can't get bread, let them eat cake. tclambert Dec 2017 #177

Because Jesus said to "starve the poor children" Jakes Progress Dec 2017 #178

If only Jesus would have a talk with these guys FiveGoodMen Dec 2017 #201

The rich will Jspur Dec 2017 #180

I'd much rather have McConnell and Ryan end. can we do that? Initech Dec 2017 #181

There go my MFM008 Dec 2017 #186

If you would just stop buying avocados for that yuppie avocado toast.... MissB Dec 2017 #209

Avocados are safe MFM008 Dec 2017 #217

Their attacks only beginging duforsure Dec 2017 #190

Not only is it a slap in the face to the needy -- BillyBobBrilliant Dec 2017 #194

Exactly, which is why I don't think they will touch it. harun Dec 2017 #197

And so it begins DownriverDem Dec 2017 #195

They want a desperate population pandr32 Dec 2017 #198

All those poor white folks still love giving these pieces of shit their vote Thrill Dec 2017 #203

Never mind that the government actually makes money louis-t Dec 2017 #206

Though it wouldn't surprise me that this could be reasonably argued ... mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #207

I have a great chart. I'll try to post. louis-t Dec 2017 #208

I have a chart saved but I don't post photos. Here is the louis-t Dec 2017 #210

THanks. But That's not showing that the government has a net gain on $$$ spent on SNAP ... mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #214

Every dollar the government spends on food stamps louis-t Dec 2017 #215

My impression was it was "Government $$$ Spent vs Economic Benefit" mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #216

Ok, "Impact on economy in general." louis-t Dec 2017 #222

Perhaps someone will introduce them to the Red State farm voters... brooklynite Dec 2017 #211

Interesting. ecstatic Dec 2017 #218