One Republican's brave battle against "anecdotal and perceived abuses"...of SHRIMP! Fucking SHRIMP!

[Miles Archer]

On Wednesday, a public benefits committee of the Wisconsin State Legislature approved a bill that would require food stamp beneficiaries to use two-thirds of their monthly allotment on healthy foods approved for a separate and much smaller federal nutrition program that serves pregnant women and moms with new babies. The bill would also prohibit them from buying "crab, lobster, shrimp, or any other shellfish."

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as FoodShare in Wisconsin, serves 46 million Americans nationwide and 800,000 Wisconsinites. It allows the purchase of any food product except alcohol or hot prepared meals.

State lawmakers don't actually have the power to limit SNAP purchases; the bill would direct the state government to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a waiver from federal program rules. Other states that have sought such waivers haven't gotten them.

State Rep. Rob Brooks (R) cited "anecdotal and perceived abuses" as one of the reasons for the legislation, according to The Capital Times. Brooks didn't respond to interview requests from HuffPost.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/07/wisconsin-food-stamps_n_7231278.html

[shenmue]

1. :(

[pinboy3niner]

16. "Whaddya mean 'shrimp'? I WAS IN THE POOL!"

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. I was wondering if this was going to be an animal abuse story.

But when it comes to Republican legislators, stupid always trumps unusual.

[pipi_k]

8. Me too...

In fact, I was envisioning horrible photos of shrimp being tortured, in "A Clockwork Orange" style, with films of cocktail sauce.

[Coventina]

9. LOL! I also thought this was an animal cruelty story.

I love the mental image!

[niyad]

3. contact info for this hate-filled cretin (who, clearly, has not missed many meals)

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[toolservice]

15. If you're interested in finding out more about who this guy is watch here...

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[niyad]

18. welcome to du. I will watch this later, do not plan on ruining what has been a perfectly

lovely day.

[okaawhatever]

4. The take-away: The GOP isn't getting enough money from the shellfish lobby

[niyad]

5. just one of the threads here at du, with a partial list of banned food items

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141082552

this bill included prohibitions against shellfish, beans, potatoes and herbs, spices and seasonings (and that isn't the complete list)

[MrScorpio]

6. Just make sure that you don't show your toes around that guy...

By the looks of him... Just sayin'.

[Downwinder]

7. Starting a trade war?

Must be other sources of cheese than WI.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Limit food! Not bribes..er...campaign donations!

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. And he's going to stop them partaking in the forbidden fruit of ... sharp cheddar!

To illustrate Democrats' opposition, Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee, held a platter of four Wisconsin cheeses.

All four were cheddar. One was shredded and three were in block form. Three displayed flags that said "GOP Prohibited." One flag said "GOP Approved."

The approved cheese was a block of mild cheddar. Two sharp cheddars — one shredded and one block — were not approved. One mild cheddar was not approved because it was too large, Goyke said.

"The stated goals of this bill are nutrition and fraud," said Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit. "When you look at something like this cheese plate, there's no evidence of sharp cheddar fraud. People are not buying sharp cheddar in order to defraud FoodShare, and there's no nutritional difference. So if those are the stated goals, the bill is not accomplishing either."

http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/wisconsin-lawmakers-to-discuss-bill-restricting-food-stamp-purchases/article_65af1ec8-2680-5452-b9a5-0e5fe1371e6a.html

Tastiness is for rich people! The poors must only have bland food. Obviously.

[Yavin4]

12. Another example of American racism at work

Hatred of the poor is a "socially acceptable" way of hating African Americans and Latinos. This guy got elected and will be re-elected because he stopped "those people" from using your tax dollars to buy expensive seafood.

This is the mindset that thwarts progressive reform.

[mb999]

19. That's all it ever has been about

White Republicans are the only ones that ever do any work and welfare is a lifestyle of leisure and luxury in the mind of a Fux News watching , Rush Limpballs listening, racist Republican.

[toolservice]

13. The person authoring this bill is a fraud of his own.

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[yellowcanine]

14. I don't think the action suggested in the OP is possible.

Just sayin'.

[niyad]

17. of course, "anecdotal" and "perceived" are NOT the same thing as FACT.