Republicans Cut Food Assistance For Low-Income Families While Protecting Azaleas

[INTIMADATOR2007]

As well No I am not a liberal as so labeled by you...I more consider myself a moderate...

Isn't a moderate someone who sees both sides of the fence ? I haven't seen you agree with anything the rep. want . Just Bashing .

[MadMan1978]

It appears the new priorities of the House Republicans are to maintain a garden over feeding the poor.


It appears that the Democrats want trains instead of the farmers growing the food that supplies the WIC program with the FREE food .

well I am pretty sure that would create more jobs now wouldnt it ?

[INTIMADATOR2007]

first I think you missed the point and continue to deflect away from the issue....

Second WIC and Food stamps are different programs and not contacted i believe


I think the Azaleas should be displayed in every congressman's office while in bloom

Wic is foodstamps ..

[MadMan1978]

Wic is foodstamps ..

then i stand corrected

[INTIMADATOR2007]

well I am pretty sure that would create more jobs now wouldnt it ?

Yes building trains will create jobs absolutley , But without the farmers who is going to provide the food needed for the Wic program . which is foodstamps . If one applies for wic they are applying for foodstamps .so cali. will have trains and birds but no food , That's great isn't it ? And repubs. will have azaleas but no Wic for the poor ,we are screwed no matter what ..lol.

[MadMan1978]

Isn't a moderate someone who sees both sides of the fence ? I haven't seen you agree with anything the rep. want . Just Bashing .

Actually you are correct in that statement--I will never agree with anything the Republicans/GOP say...however trusting politicians today can bite you on the backside real quick...

[mrveggieman]

Actually you are correct in that statement--I will never agree with anything the Republicans/GOP say...however trusting politicians today can bite you on the backside real quick...

+1

99% of politicians are full of crap. It trips me out how someone can be a political fanboy now a days.

[MadMan1978]

Be careful of all you read and well most of what Ruch and the Tea Party wish to publish (those were the ones of negative thoughts that stood out while searching)

As per the norm they are not giving you the whole story..the proposed "cut" was to be for 2014 in which a 12% increase for Food Stamps was called for...Obama has adjusted that to 9% increase overall for food stamps for 2014...thats is how i read that...

[Star_Cards]

I'm not sure that it's fair of the article to compare these two. When it comes to feeding less fortunate almost nothing that the government finds will be equal. That said there are a lot of things that the government needs to fund and should fund similar to this. As far as I'm concerned there is probably a lot of waste in both programs as well as others. I usually wonder how much stuff could be funded and not have the country in debt if they could just be more efficient about things and get rid of corruption and loop holes.

[OnePimpTiger]

Gotta love Huffington Post. Nowhere in that article or any article it links to does it provide a link to actual, unbiased information on this issue. It's kind of hard to evaluate the situation fairly if you're only getting the uberliberal HuffPost side of things.

It sounds bad, no doubt. But I wonder how many federal budgets contain an increase in funds for a trivial program while cutting a more worthy program. I would be willing to wager every single one. I guarantee the Democrats increased funding for the National Arboretum at some point as well. It's easy to pick two singular items out of thousands of items in a budget that will allow you to spin it any way you want. And when you read sites that only give you the spin, it's hard to find true information.