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emoney_33 05-24-2011 06:09 PM
Heartless
 
Braindead republicans want more children and less assistance for them...

GOP to Hungry Americans: You Can Starve | AlterNet

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In a bill released Monday, Republicans proposed cutting $832 million - 11 percent from this year's budget for the Women, Infants and Children program, which provides food for low-income mothers and children.
BRAINDEAD.

They hold their agenda above disaster relief for those affected by tornado.

ThinkProgress » Cantor Says Congress Won’t Pay For Missouri Disaster Relief Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere

BRAINDEAD.

Look after their own.

ThinkProgress » With Speculation Running Rampant, House GOP Proposes 15 Percent Cut To Oil Market Watchdog

BRAINDEAD.

Screw the old, screw the poor, screw the women, screw the children, screw the needy, save the fetus, save the rich, save the power.

Please, rational conservatives, take your party back.

Mrs.PatsFanInVa 05-24-2011 06:29 PM
Re: Heartless
 
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Originally Posted by emoney_33 (Post 2558714)
Yes, well that'll be one of the things that pre-abortion counselors can tell a poor pregnant woman who's trying to decide whether she can afford to give birth or not, won't it?


I am ashamed to live in Virginia.

Please be advised that Eric Cantor may say he represents me but he does not.

DarrylS 05-24-2011 06:46 PM
Re: Heartless
 
These are the same folks who want to bring more unwanted children into a world that does not want to support them with the basic services they need.

patsfan13 05-24-2011 09:00 PM
Re: Heartless
 
Coincidentally T Sowell had an article on the same subject matter today. As usual he hits the nail on the head.

Dependency and Votes - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online


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The goal is not to keep the poor from starving but to create dependency — because dependency translates into votes for politicians who play Santa Claus.

We have all heard the old saying about how giving a man a fish feeds him for a day, while teaching him to fish feeds him for a lifetime. Independence makes for a healthier society, but dependency is what gets votes for politicians.

For politicians, giving a man a fish every day of his life is the way to keep getting his vote. “Entitlement” is just a fancy word for dependency.


I would also be surprised if the 'cut' wasn't actually a cut in a budgeted increase. I would rather see the poor in the middle class rather than be enslaved to generations of government dependency/poverty.

emoney_33 05-24-2011 09:14 PM
Re: Heartless
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by patsfan13 (Post 2558822)
Coincidentally T Sowell had an article on the same subject matter today. As usual he hits the nail on the head.

Dependency and Votes - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online






I would also be surprised if the 'cut' wasn't actually a cut in a budgeted increase. I would rather see the poor in the middle class rather than be enslaved to generations of government dependency/poverty.

Yup cutting 11% from the WIC budget is definitely teaching a man to fish. Blind partisan support, it's hilarious.

patsfan13 05-24-2011 09:17 PM
Re: Heartless
 
R Paul your hero would eliminate the entire program. What is the spending now compared with say 2008?

Don't take everything you read at face value.

Holy Diver 05-24-2011 09:45 PM
Re: Heartless
 
Anti abortion, anti welfare....
Pro war, pro jesus...


Makes tons of sense...


( insert sarcasm Internet face here )

JackBauer 05-24-2011 09:46 PM
Re: Heartless
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by patsfan13 (Post 2558822)
Coincidentally T Sowell had an article on the same subject matter today. As usual he hits the nail on the head.
That quote is a heaping pile of crap.

By almost every measure (including, perhaps most importantly, the happiness of their citizens), welfare states are at the top of the list in terms of socioeconomic metrics. While this Ayn Rand-ian pablum sounds good in theory, the fact is that people LIKE the services government provides and the role it plays in administering a modern society.

Real World 05-24-2011 11:47 PM
Re: Heartless
 
From the AP

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Republicans who wrote the bill said the cuts in domestic food programs are taken from excess dollars in those accounts, and participants won't see a decrease in services.

Domestic nutrition programs are mined for dollars in tight budget times because they often have extra money sitting in their accounts. Money is allocated for the programs based on projections of need and food costs, and those needs are sometimes overestimated.
If you click the link, it also says that they have budgeted $71 Billion for food stamps. $71 billion. I'm just curious why we decided to give Pakistan more money recently. Hmm....oh well. Now, if we could slash 20% from the military budget, 90% from the department of education, ans 99.9% in foreign aid, we might be on to something.

The Brandon Five 05-25-2011 08:55 AM
Re: Heartless
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JackBauer (Post 2558853)
That quote is a heaping pile of crap.

By almost every measure (including, perhaps most importantly, the happiness of their citizens), welfare states are at the top of the list in terms of socioeconomic metrics. While this Ayn Rand-ian pablum sounds good in theory, the fact is that people LIKE the services government provides and the role it plays in administering a modern society.
Workers in Europe Protest Austerity Measures - NYTimes.com

Sooner or later, the West will wake up from its willful suspension of reality.


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