Meanwhile, at the Hall of Doom... GOP 'infuriated' that ways are found around food stamp cuts
Cuts to the nation's food stamp program enacted this year are only affecting four states, far from the sweeping overhaul that Republicans had pushed, an Associated Press review has found.
As a result, it's unclear whether the law will realize the estimated $8.6 billion in savings over 10 years that the GOP had advertised.
A farm bill signed by President Barack Obama in February attempted to save money by scaling back what lawmakers called a loophole in the food stamp program that entitles low-income families to more food aid if they participate in a federal heating assistance program. States were giving some people as little as $1 a year in heating assistance so they could get more food aid. It's called "heat and eat."
The states' workaround — mostly by Democratic governors — has infuriated Republicans who pushed the cuts. In March, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, called the states' moves "fraud." House Agriculture Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., have asked the Obama administration to "hold states accountable" for dodging the cuts.
http://news.yahoo.com/cuts-food-stamps-only-hit-four-states-071746951--finance.html
"Time for Plan B... Find out where poor people get their food and close the places down. That'll teach 'em for being poor!"
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of a loophole that doesn't help them. 
