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What level would you reduce the food stamp program to? Or would you eliminate it altogether?
Changing the subject?
A wise move when you're getting thrashed from pillar to post.
I thought the subject of the thread was that you think we spend too much on food stamps.
How much would you spend?
Perhaps you think we don't spend enough to support those who don't work?
"Democrats want extension of unemployment benefits for 2 million Americans as part of fiscal cliff deal
Since the collapse of the economy in 2008, the government has poured $520 billion an amount equal to about half its annual deficit in recent years into unemployment benefit extensions.
White House officials have assured Democrats that Obama is committed to extending them another year, at a cost of about $30 billion,..."The White House has made it clear that it wants an extension," said Michigan Rep. Sander Levin, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee."
Democrats want extension of unemployment benefits for 2 million Americans as part of fiscal cliff deal - NY Daily News