Alex Wagner reports "“Among the many outlandish example of Republican hypocrisy that the country is treated to on a weekly, if not daily basis, the failure of Adam Smith’s amendment stands out in particular. Despite all the bluster and all the posturing as no nonsense penny-pinchers, the party of fiscal hawks voted to continue to import judges, lawyers, observers, reporters, meals, construction materials–and basically anything else you might ever need while in Cuba–to the tune of $903,614 per prisoner, per year.” “And yet, at the same time that the Republican penny-pinchers shut down the effort to stop spending millions and millions of dollars to continue imprisoning men who have not yet been charged with anything, at the same time, tonight Republicans have gone forward with the plan to cut funding for food stamps. This week, the House will vote on its version of the farm bill–which, among many other things cuts farm and nutrition programs by nearly $40 billion over the next decade. According to The New York Times, just over half of that–$20.5 billion–will come from cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or as we know them, food stamps. These cuts, embraced by House Republicans, including Speaker, John Boehner, will cut basic food assistance for two million Americans. The people hardest hit are poor working families with children and senior citizens. Precisely for those reasons, President Obama has threatened a veto if the bill containing those cuts makes it to his desk.”
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:19:20 +0000
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