Some will see this as political, but that is not the motivation for posting this. There is a serious article on the upcoming food stamp debate. nytimes/2013/09/05/us/as-debate-reopens-food-stamp-recipients-continue-to-squeeze.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130905&_r=0 Here are just a couple of paragraphs that I think expresses the viewpoint of those that oppose the food stamp and other assistance programs. I find it heart wrenching and ever so callous. ------------------------------------ Surrounded by corn and soybean farms — including one owned by the local Republican congressman, Representative Stephen Fincher — Dyersburg, about 75 miles north of Memphis, provides an eye-opening view into Washington’s food stamp debate. Mr. Fincher, who was elected in 2010 on a Tea Party wave and collected nearly $3.5 million in farm subsidies from the government from 1999 to 2012, recently voted for a farm bill that omitted food stamps. “The role of citizens, of Christianity, of humanity, is to take care of each other, not for Washington to steal from those in the country and give to others in the country,” Mr. Fincher, whose office did not respond to interview requests, said after his vote in May. In response to a Democrat who invoked the Bible during the food stamp debate in Congress, Mr. Fincher cited his own biblical phrase. “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat,” he said. --------------------------------------------------
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:00:49 +0000