One of the greatest hypocrisy in the Republican SNAP debate is how small a chunk of the federal budget it actually is. SNAP, which now has a high enrollment right now due to mismanagement of Congress causing the poor economy, only consumes 2 percent of the budget. The House Republicans leading the charge for major cuts to SNAP today have been advocates of, for example, subsidies for Big Oil. In 2011, the House GOP caucus voted unanimously to protect oil subsidies that cost taxpayers $4 billion per year. House Republicans have also voted unanimously to protect subsidies to for-profit colleges totaling $32 billion per year, beating back any effort to cut taxpayer financing of these educational institutions, which are yielding little in the way of results for students.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 03:15:26 +0000