Subj : Food Stamps.. To : LEE LOFASO From : BOB KLAHN Date : Fri Aug 23 2013 02:01:56 BK>> BK>> Read the entire story at: BK>> http://www.toledoblade.com/Retail/2013/07/22/ BK>> Taxpayers-subsidizing-low-paid-employees.html BK>> The battle over food stamps is clearly a smoke screen for the BK>> Republicans just trying to extort more from the administration. BK>> Without food stamps many employees of this country's largest BK>> employer will go hungry. LL> I really do not know what gives you the bizarre idea that LL> any employer will go hungry, much less real people. Just LL> look at the facts - I said, employees of this country's largest employer. IOW, workers for Wallmart. LL> There are some 47 million recipients of food stamps in LL> America. The expenditures for last year alone was $78 LL> billion. A very small price to pay, considering how much LL> this country pays for national defense (what we spend on LL> food stamps is less than the cost of five fighter aircraft). Exactly right. LL> Republicans want to cut SNAP (the official name of the food LL> stamp program) by $4 billion annually. That is an average LL> of $36 less per month for a family of four. With payments so low that's a major reduction in meals. It may only be 5%, but over a year that's 18days worth of food. LL> What that means is that roughly 5 million people would be LL> eliminated from the program. Not that any of those people LL> are truly dependent on food stamps. In fact, very few LL> people are truly dependent on food stamps. By very few, I LL> mean only a handful - those folks who are too lazy to find LL> their own food. Now that is absurd. LL> Republicans have always encouraged folks to be LL> self-sufficient, and never to depend on government for No, Republicans have always encouraged people to be serfs. LL> You know the old adage - "Give a man LL> a fish and he'll have food for a day. Teach a man to fish LL> and he'll have food for a lifetime." Now then the river is fished out. LL> Now some folks claim that Republicans have no alternative LL> plan to replace food stamps. That is simply not true. LL> Republicans do in fact have a plan. It is called Dumpster LL> Diving. For those who are not familiar with Dumpster LL> Diving, here is how it works - Ok, this I buy. ... LL> Sounds insane, doesn't it? Liberals claim this Republican LL> plan can never work. However, instead of simply accepting LL> that claim at face value, I decided to try it out to see LL> for myself - LL> One night, I found a dozen ears of corn. Another time, 30 LL> packs of chicken. Also melons, cherries, grapes, peppers, LL> tomatoes, potatoes, and all sorts of other really good LL> stuff. Not sure what others found, but there was plenty LL> enough to go around. LL> When I got home, I made sure to thoroughly boil the chicken LL> before eating it so as not to get sick. I also washed the LL> fruit, making sure to get rid of all the bugs, pouring LL> boiling water over it just to make sure. Sure, the fruit LL> does lose a bit of color by doing this, but it still tastes LL> sweet. I also cook the vegetables, as it is rather hot and LL> humid here which can spoil food (especially vegetables) LL> rather quickly. Ok, that was in the news not long ago. So, unless that was you they were writing up, you need to splain. ... LL> The only problem with this Republican plan I can find is LL> there is a stigma. People give me dirty looks, sometimes LL> cringing at the same time. Even though I am very careful LL> not to be seen, and try not to make a mess, people do not LL> want me anywhere around digging for food or eating in the LL> bushes. I leave everything spotless and they still LL> complain. The store manager hates me. And if my mother LL> ever finds out about this, she'll kill me first and ask LL> questions later. Go figure. She knows you so well. LL> Why is this practice so despised? Republicans approve it. LL> And Republicans are the party of family values. Or so they LL> claim. So what is the big deal? Why should I have to pay LL> all that money for food that nobody else wants? Especially LL> when I can get it for nothing? This makes no sense. No LL> sense at all ... No, it doesn't. BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn .... I got spurs that Jingo, Jingo, Jingo ... Phil Gramm! --- Via Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg] * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 Join Us: www.DocsPlace.org (1:123/140) .