John B. Harrison said:6. CONSERVATISM IN GREAT BRITAIN
Although Great Britain had been for years a home of representative government, its government in 1815 was far from democratic. The suffrage was so severly restricted by property qualifications that only about 5 percent of the adult males could vote.
Someone behind the handy link below. said:The monetarist policy of the British Government of the 1840's known as "Laissez Faire" demanded no political interference with "the free market".
Irish food exports during famine years 1845 - 1847
Someone behind the handy link below. said:In Ireland Before and After the Famine Cormac OGrada documents that in 1845, a famine year in Ireland, 3,251,907 quarters (8 bushels = 1 quarter)) of corn were exported from Ireland to Britain. That same year 257,257 sheep were exported to Britain. In 1846, another famine year, 480,827 swine and 186,483 oxen were exported to Britain.
Irish food exports during famine years 1845 - 1847
2013
JONATHAN COHN said:The argument comes as congressional Republicans are on a crusade to slash funding for food stamps, which is now known as Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). Just this week, the House Agriculture Committee approved a bill reauthorizing the program but at substantially reduced funding levels, so that 2 to 3 million low-income Americans, many of them children, would lose assistance.
The attack on food stamps doesn't reflect changes in the program. It reflects changes in the Republican Party and mainstream conservative ideology. | New Republic
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