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I agree with the attempt to make sure that food stamps are used for the right types of foods. Millbank is an ass, a partisan one, on this issue.
Rick Brattin, a young Republican state representative in Missouri, has come up with an innovative new way to humiliate the poor in his state. Call it the surf-and-turf law.
Brattin has introduced House Bill 813, making it illegal for food-stamp recipients to use their benefits "to purchase cookies, chips, energy drinks, soft drinks, seafood, or steak."
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Rick Brattin, a young Republican state representative in Missouri, has come up with an innovative new way to humiliate the poor in his state. Call it the surf-and-turf law.
Brattin has introduced House Bill 813, making it illegal for food-stamp recipients to use their benefits "to purchase cookies, chips, energy drinks, soft drinks, seafood, or steak."
Read More At Investor's Business Daily: Republicans Find New Ways To Shame Those On Welfare - Investors.com
Follow us: @IBDinvestors on Twitter | InvestorsBusinessDaily on Facebook