Friday will be a bad day to be hungry.

[BDBoop]

Congress beats up on the hungry - Chicago Sun-Times

Starting Friday, food stamp benefits will be trimmed back because a temporary boost from the 2009 stimulus bill is expiring. More than 47 million Americans — one in seven — will see less food on their plates. A family of four, for example, will get $36 less a month. That might not seem like much until you consider the average household monthly benefit is only $287. The Congressional Budget Office expects spending on food stamps in fiscal 2014 to fall by $5 billion.

As a result, the Illinois Hunger Coalition says, more than 2 million Illinois residents — including about 349,000 seniors and 886,000 children — will have to tighten their belts just as home heating bills are about to soar.

And it could just be a step on the way to more cuts. Both houses of Congress have passed bills that would further trim food stamps, technically known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The House would cut food stamps by $4 billion a year and would tighten eligibility. The Senate bill would cut just $400 million. Talks on a compromise bill began Wednesday afternoon.

SNAP critics, alarmed that the government’s tab for food stamps has more than doubled since 2008 to almost $80 billion, say the program needs to be scaled back. But that’s not taking into account how many people are struggling financially. Although about 20 percent of the increase is due to the stimulus, which is ending, much of the rest is due to the struggling economy, as more people’s incomes drop to levels at which they qualify for aid.

I guess all I can say is I am glad my grandparents are dead, and nobody in my extended family is in need. I cannot think about those who will be affected. My government refuses to - so I can't.

I do hope everybody sees the disconnect between "this is a Christian nation" and "we are done feeding the hungry."



Nearly 1 Million Vets Face Food Stamps Cut | Military.com

About 900,000 veterans and 5,000 active duty troops face cuts in their food stamp benefits beginning Thursday as $5 billion is automatically trimmed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program for low-income families.

"The coming benefit cut will reduce SNAP benefits, which are already modest, for all households by 7 percent on average, or about $10 per person per month," according to an analysis by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.

"Nationwide, in any given month, a total of 900,000 veterans nationwide lived in households that relied on SNAP to provide food for their families in 2011," according to an analysis of census data, the Center's report said.

Anybody else wondering why corporate welfare is good, but helping our fellow Americans is bad?

 

[martybegan]

Congress beats up on the hungry - Chicago Sun-Times

Starting Friday, food stamp benefits will be trimmed back because a temporary boost from the 2009 stimulus bill is expiring. More than 47 million Americans — one in seven — will see less food on their plates. A family of four, for example, will get $36 less a month. That might not seem like much until you consider the average household monthly benefit is only $287. The Congressional Budget Office expects spending on food stamps in fiscal 2014 to fall by $5 billion.

As a result, the Illinois Hunger Coalition says, more than 2 million Illinois residents — including about 349,000 seniors and 886,000 children — will have to tighten their belts just as home heating bills are about to soar.

And it could just be a step on the way to more cuts. Both houses of Congress have passed bills that would further trim food stamps, technically known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The House would cut food stamps by $4 billion a year and would tighten eligibility. The Senate bill would cut just $400 million. Talks on a compromise bill began Wednesday afternoon.

SNAP critics, alarmed that the government’s tab for food stamps has more than doubled since 2008 to almost $80 billion, say the program needs to be scaled back. But that’s not taking into account how many people are struggling financially. Although about 20 percent of the increase is due to the stimulus, which is ending, much of the rest is due to the struggling economy, as more people’s incomes drop to levels at which they qualify for aid.

I guess all I can say is I am glad my grandparents are dead, and nobody in my extended family is in need. I cannot think about those who will be affected. My government refuses to - so I can't.

I do hope everybody sees the disconnect between "this is a Christian nation" and "we are done feeding the hungry."



Nearly 1 Million Vets Face Food Stamps Cut | Military.com

About 900,000 veterans and 5,000 active duty troops face cuts in their food stamp benefits beginning Thursday as $5 billion is automatically trimmed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program for low-income families.

"The coming benefit cut will reduce SNAP benefits, which are already modest, for all households by 7 percent on average, or about $10 per person per month," according to an analysis by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.

"Nationwide, in any given month, a total of 900,000 veterans nationwide lived in households that relied on SNAP to provide food for their families in 2011," according to an analysis of census data, the Center's report said.

Anybody else wondering why corporate welfare is good, but helping our fellow Americans is bad?

Where did christ mandate that the government is there to force charity on the rest of us.

 

[Katzndogz]

AWWWWW Surfer Dude won't be able to get his sushi and lobster.

 

[Pauli007001]

They could get their ass to work, the lazy bums.
Spitting out babies like an automatic weapon to get more dosh!!
Fat lazy scumbags, let em go without!

 

[Rat in the Hat]

So how is the Republicans fault that the Democrat's temporary boost from the 2009 stimulus bill is expiring???

 

[Pauli007001]

Average loss, $7. A month!!
Terrible.
You can earn that in 1 hour!!
Bit of effort you could earn 10 times that in one hour!!

 

[JWBooth]

Hungry?

Seriously?

I have yet to behind a shopper whipping out their card (though foodstamps is still used as a generic term) whose cart doesn't spill over with far more than what I am purchasing with monies earned from an actual job.

 

[boedicca]

Considering the rampant fraud in the Food Stamp program, it's a bad day for fraudsters who sell EBT cards on the black market.

 

[editec]

What a pompous ass Penn Gillette is.. beating up strawmen seems to be his forte.

NOBODY thinks its "compassion" to vote for a government that helps its CITIZENS.

Its enlightened SELF INTEREST to see to it that everybody in your nation is doing as well as possible.

That DOES seem to be the one thing most of our resident libertarians cannot quite fathom: the whole POINT of government is to help citizens because when you neighbors do well, so do YOU.

 

[martybegan]

What a pompous ass Penn Gillette is.. beating up strawmen seems to be his forte.

NOBODY thinks its "compassion" to vote for a government that helps its CITIZENS.

Its enlightened SELF INTEREST to see to it that everybody in your nation is doing as well as possible.

That DOES seem to be the one thing most of our resident libertarians cannot quite fathom: the whole POINT of government is to help citizens because when you neighbors do well, so do YOU.

Then convince me, don't force me.

and the whole point is most of this crap is fine at the state/local level, but it was never the intent of the federal government to do it.

Finally, these programs are not designed to get people back into being productive, they are designed to keep them fat, entertained and paid, and to give a cushy lifetime job to some burecratic hack(s) to keep the people on the program.

 

[boedicca]

Finally, these programs are not designed to get people back into being productive, they are designed to keep them fat, entertained and paid, and to give a cushy lifetime job to some burecratic hack(s) to keep the people on the program.

And don't forget the most important design of the program: to get people to vote for the Big Government agenda upon which they have become dependent.

 

[boedicca]

Hungry?

Seriously?

I have yet to behind a shopper whipping out their card (though foodstamps is still used as a generic term) whose cart doesn't spill over with far more than what I am purchasing with monies earned from an actual job.

And most of what's in that shopper's cart is Crap Junk Food.

 

[NLT]

BAD DAY FOR BOMQEESHA AND HER 14 BABY THUGS

 

[Rat in the Hat]

Hungry?

Seriously?

I have yet to behind a shopper whipping out their card (though foodstamps is still used as a generic term) whose cart doesn't spill over with far more than what I am purchasing with monies earned from an actual job.

And most of what's in that shopper's cart is Crap Junk Food.

And when they're told they don't have enough on their card, they tell them to take the healthiest stuff back.

 

[martybegan]

Finally, these programs are not designed to get people back into being productive, they are designed to keep them fat, entertained and paid, and to give a cushy lifetime job to some burecratic hack(s) to keep the people on the program.

And don't forget the most important design of the program: to get people to vote for the Big Government agenda upon which they have become dependent.

yep. Couldn't agree more.

 

[boedicca]

Hungry?

Seriously?

I have yet to behind a shopper whipping out their card (though foodstamps is still used as a generic term) whose cart doesn't spill over with far more than what I am purchasing with monies earned from an actual job.

And most of what's in that shopper's cart is Crap Junk Food.

And when they're told they don't have enough on their card, they tell them to take the healthiest stuff back.

The purpose of food stamps is to support Big Agriculture's over-production of Corn, Wheat and Sugar.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

obama policy caused this.

 

[BDBoop]

What a pompous ass Penn Gillette is.. beating up strawmen seems to be his forte.

NOBODY thinks its "compassion" to vote for a government that helps its CITIZENS.

Its enlightened SELF INTEREST to see to it that everybody in your nation is doing as well as possible.

That DOES seem to be the one thing most of our resident libertarians cannot quite fathom: the whole POINT of government is to help citizens because when you neighbors do well, so do YOU.

Let me know if anybody addresses the vets and the seniors. I'm going to go get some sleep. I hope.

 

[BDBoop]

Or why big business welfare is untouchable.

Yeah. That.

 

[brandinsmith]

I know several people who is being affected. They are hard working people, that do not spend their money on crap.