tinydancer
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- Oct 16, 2010
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Well, well here we go with another media lie .....err....spin.
The Dems wanted to raise food stamp spending by 65% over the next 10 years. Republicans only wanted to raise the spending by 57%.
But by a progressive definition because they are insane whackos, this is defined as a "cut".
Boo freaking hoo. Spinning it one more time like conservatives want Grandma to eat cat food.
The food stamp bill passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives earlier this month, widely criticized for supposedly cutting the nutrition assistance program to the poor, would actually raise spending over the next decade by 57%, to $725 billion from the $461.7 billion that was spent on the program in the last decade.
No sooner had the House voted, 217 to 210, on September 19 to pass the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act than the usual suspects were rushing to portray the measure as stingy and coldhearted.
House Republicans Pass Deep Cuts in Food Stamps, was the headline in the New York Times national news section. The Republican war on food stamps shows that the congressmen are meanspirited class warriors, wrote Nobel laureate Paul Krugman.
Soaring Food Stamp Outlays in House Bill Could Cover Marine Mammals, Such as Polar Bears - The New York Sun
The Dems wanted to raise food stamp spending by 65% over the next 10 years. Republicans only wanted to raise the spending by 57%.
But by a progressive definition because they are insane whackos, this is defined as a "cut".
Boo freaking hoo. Spinning it one more time like conservatives want Grandma to eat cat food.
The food stamp bill passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives earlier this month, widely criticized for supposedly cutting the nutrition assistance program to the poor, would actually raise spending over the next decade by 57%, to $725 billion from the $461.7 billion that was spent on the program in the last decade.
No sooner had the House voted, 217 to 210, on September 19 to pass the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act than the usual suspects were rushing to portray the measure as stingy and coldhearted.
House Republicans Pass Deep Cuts in Food Stamps, was the headline in the New York Times national news section. The Republican war on food stamps shows that the congressmen are meanspirited class warriors, wrote Nobel laureate Paul Krugman.
Soaring Food Stamp Outlays in House Bill Could Cover Marine Mammals, Such as Polar Bears - The New York Sun
