Not The Onion: Wisconsin repukes declare war on cheese!!

[KamaAina]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/01/1206272/-Wis-Assembly-Declares-Cheese-a-Junk-Food-if-You-Get-Food-Stamps

"This bill does not allow for Wisconsinites who are utilizing the FoodShare program to purchase sharp cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, shredded cheese or reduced sodium cheeses," said State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, D-Milwaukee. (an opponent of the measure) "And I just want to indicate again how that hurts not just those individuals, those Wisconsinites using the FoodShare program.....but it hurts our dairy farmers."

Note that what we call "fake cheese" around here, like Velveeta and other "processed cheese products", isn't mentioned.

Did they forget that Wisconsin is the nations Dairy State and that cheese is a dairy product? Did they forget that cheese has so much nutritional value it's one of the primary foods on the WIC program that serves pregnant women and children? Did they forget that we love cheese so much that we wear plastic replicas of Swiss Cheese wedges on our heads at sporting events?

No, they didn't forget. They just hate poor people and put this in a bill that seriously limits what people can buy with food stamps. They're sticking it to poor people again and likely catering to those makers of the real junk food "processed cheese product" cheese like Kraft. Yup, these guys haven't met a large corporation they don't love.

Wisconsinites will tolerate just about anything except a direct attack on their cheese! Hopefully this will be what finally drives them to kick the repukes to the curb.

[MineralMan]

1. More evidence that Republican legislators are morons.

As if we needed more evidence...

[russspeakeasy]

2. Next, they will take my beer and brats...

Unless it's made by kraft or budweiser.

[Scuba]

3. My State is run by morans.