Democrats Cut 12Billion from Food Stamps to bailout state unions workers/buy votes!

[teapartysamurai]

Washington’s latest bailout of bleeding state governments, $26 billion worth, has gotten attention because, among other things, almost half the bailout is financed by cutting $12 billion from food stamps.

But isn’t food stamps a signature program for the liberal Democrats who passed this spending bill? Isn’t government money for the poor what Democrats are supposed to be about?

How, in these tough times, do Democrats who control congress decide who’ll get funded and who not?

This is the latest example, particularly illustrative, showing that Washington is less and less about ideas and values, and more and more about interests, power, and money.

In this case, we’re talking about unions. Of the $26 billion the bill appropriates, $16 billion goes to state Medicaid programs and the other $10 billion to unionized state and local government employees.

Of the top twenty PACs in the country, eleven are union PACs. Number eight on the list is the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Workers ($1.8 million dollars in campaign contributions in the current election cycle). Number seventeen on the list is the American Federation of Teachers ($1.5 million in contributions).

Needless to say, around 100% of these union political contributions go to Democrats.

A lot more here:

In Washington, It’s the Money that Talks - Big Government

This is about vote buying and greasing those who grease them back come campaign donation time.

All the talk Democrats make about tax dollars helping the poor, and look who are helping themselves come election time.

 

[rightwinger]

You need to get your story straight..

Which is it? Do the Dems give welfare for the poor votes or union jobs for the union votes?

What we do know is that the Republicans do not give a shit about the poor or the working class