bush Budget Drops 1 MILLION From Food Stamps!

[leftchick]

USDA sees $3B cut in budget
Feb 6, 2006, 23:55 GMT
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ONE MILLION!...

Let them eat dirt said pickles....


WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture request of $93 billion for fiscal year 2007 is a $3 billion drop from the current year`s budget.

President George Bush on Monday sent Congress a $2.77 budget for fiscal year 2007, which begins Oct. 1, with healthy increases for the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The Agriculture Department, one of the largest in government, was among those asked to hold down spending.

'The president`s agriculture budget provides important resources for farmers and ranchers, while doing our part to avoid passing on the deficit to our children and grandchildren,' department Secretary Mike Johanns said in a release.

The department said that Agriculture was given some $96 billion in fiscal year 2006. Of the $93 billion asked for for next year, $71.3 billion is for mandatory programs such as nutrition assistance and conservation programs.

The Agriculture Department predicted food stamp participation to drop by 1 million to some 25.9 million people in 2007. The department has earmarked $34.8 billion for the food stamp program

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/northamerica/article_1095335.php/USDA_sees_$3B_cut_in_budget

[Deja Q]

1. Peak oil. Funny how xians like reagan helped make a problem...

that is now in full bloom, prompting more xians to be very Unchristian...

All about oil.

[Little Star]

2. Bastards, evil bastards! n/t

[Straight Shooter]

3. Cut food stamps, but ask women to bring all pregnancies to term.

Uh, maybe it's just me, but something is really stupidly wrong with that reasoning.

[depakid]

4. Let them eat cake

Worked out real well for Louis & Marie and the rest of the aristocracy 'round about 1789.

If the Republican (and the members and executives in the corporate media) think there aren't any Mme DeFarge's out there, I think they may be in for a big surprise.

[stillcool]

5. Link from another poster...

WHO WE ARE
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/

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Dept of Health & Human Service Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Results Not Demonstrated
Dept of Health & Human Service Domestic HIV/AIDS Prevention Results Not Demonstrated
Dept of Health & Human Service Emergency Medical Services for Children Results Not Demonstrated
Dept of Health & Human Service Family Violence Prevention and Services Program Results Not Demonstrated
Dept of Health & Human Service Head Start Results Not Demonstrated
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[rodeodance]

8. Jr always says he wants results!! thanks for the post

[radfringe]

18. yeah, but he wants the wealthy-fare taxcuts made permanent

as far as foodstamps goes ... we'll just have to wait for crumbs to trickle off the table...

[FormerRepublican]

6. Bush: If the poor starve and die, they don't cost money.

[catmandu57]

7. Can we call it classwar now

If this isn't a form of class cleansing I don't know what is, these lying cocksuckers are doing their best to bring death and hardship to millions.

[serryjw]

12. That is exactly what it is!

Now when is everyone not in a 7 digit income going to join us?

[proud patriot]

9. that's alot of milk eggs bread etc

:cry:

[LisaL]

10. But just imagine what all of these cuts are going to do

for the enrollment in the army! Bush obviously hopes we are all jobless, hungry, and ready to get our rifles!

[leftchick]

13. I can't help thinking

that the lack of immigration controls has to do with Military enrollment. :tinfoilhat:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. It's stage one of his new healthcare program

If he kills off all the poor they won't need health care. :mad:

[brer cat]

14. Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked

or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee? Then he will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me."

Aren't we all glad the fristians are in charge?

[sandnsea]

15. $34.8 B divided by $400

Isn't that 85 million??? We should be able to feed every hungry person in this country with that kind of money, probably on half that amount. We probably spend more catching the so-called frauds than we do feeding people. It's all like this. Health care, food, housing, all these programs. Just like Iraq, money isn't going to the people who need it, that's the problem.

[justice1]

16. Johanns is a Bush Crony from Nebraska

He outsourced the call-system for welfare recipients in Nebraska to India.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

17. Compassionate Conservatism "What's that?" Don't get me

started on his Christianity! I think the RW will be on another 40yrs. in the wilderness!

[MiniMe]

19. Eat Pickles?

There is a good joke in there, but the NSA might not appreciate it if I typed it out.