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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWal-Mart to Widows Will Feel U.S. Food Stamp Cuts
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-01/wal-mart-to-widows-will-feel-u-s-food-stamp-cuts.htmlAnnie Crist says she dreads telling her two daughters that cuts in food-stamp benefits taking effect today means less chicken and fewer hamburgers for dinner.
And with deeper cuts looming as part of a possible U.S. budget deal, Crist and other recipients may feel an even greater pinch -- along with retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and Kroger Co.
I dont bother them or worry them with adult issues or adult problems, Crist, a 30-year-old self-employed babysitter in Lancaster, Ohio, southeast of Columbus, said in a telephone interview. But if they ask me, Well, why cant we get this? We always get this, how am I going to explain that?
Food-stamp spending reached a record $78.4 billion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, due in part to a temporary boost in benefits passed as part of the 2009 economic stimulus that expires today. Lawmakers battling over U.S. farm and budget policy are looking to cut deeper by tightening eligibility rules that could drop as many as 3 million people from the program.
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Wal-Mart to Widows Will Feel U.S. Food Stamp Cuts (Original Post)
xchrom
Nov 2013
OP
Any asshole who takes food away from hungry children deserves to die a slow, miserable death,
Sheldon Cooper
Nov 2013
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bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)1. Cognitive dissonance award goes to the Walton family, who I'm sure
are playing a big role in the whole "fix the debt" movement which inevitably targets things exactly like SNAP.
K&R.
Kaleva
(36,298 posts)2. Hamburger & chicken has been kind of a luxury item for me for sometime now.
I get SNAP now and the monthly benefit has been reduced from $16 down to $15 according to a letter I got from the DHS.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)3. Any asshole who takes food away from hungry children deserves to die a slow, miserable death,
preferably by starvation. I hate them.
Compassionate conservatism = you're on your own, suckers.
Family values = I value my family, not yours.
gopiscrap
(23,758 posts)4. fucking greedy GOP shit heads