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Members of Congress are living off food stamps for a week to protest Republican cuts. It’s a challenge for them, but GOP cuts would hurt millions of everyday Americans.
Why does this not have more publicity. This needs it!
Signal boosting this A) because it deserves to be seen by more people, and b) because I appreciate some members of Congress are actually willing to see what it’s like living on food stamps in order to make their point about how horrifying cutting food stamps would be.
News flash, regressives: people on food stamps do not load up on Snickers bars and filet mignon. They’re limited in what they can buy, and oftentimes, it’s not enough to get by on. Go on thinking these are entitlements that let minorities live lives of luxury, comfortable in the knowledge that you’ll never go hungry.
You privileged, elitist pricks.
Also - remember the kids! These programs help children be fed, and until there is something else in place to do so, cutting them hurts the children involved, who had no choice in the matter. I know not everyone on P.A. has children, but I’m surprised by the fact that most people don’t even put children into the equation in these conversations.
We have to fix the cycle; a societal problem…not simply punish those who are stuck in a cycle we’ve created and then turn the other way.
& yes I know some people abuse programs, but some people also use them appropriately too.
The MAJORITY of folks who depend on Food Stamps are living on the edge of homelessness. To cut their benefits simply because there are a few who abuse the system is criminal.
My Dad wasn’t perfect, but neither am I.
This August will mark the ten year anniversary of my…
Some Serious Questions For Conservatives
Why do conservatives use the word “Entitlement” as if it was a bad word.
They’re called “Entitlements” because the people who receive them worked hard for and earned them as part of an agreed upon contract with the United States government. Money is taken from our paycheck each week as insurance until such time as we either retire, become disabled and cannot work, or the worst case scenario, a disaster happens and we need help.
Entitlements are not handouts. Entitlements are not charity. Entitlements did not tank our economy. Corporate greed did. So why do you want to punish the least of us just so the wealthiest can have tax breaks?
Conservatives claim to be for limited government and keeping government out of our private lives.
How does amending the constitution to ban same-sex marriage limit government or keep the government out of our private lives? How does one person’s marriage affect yours? Is the foundation or your marriage so fragile that it would crumble under the weight of another couple’s happiness?
Conservatives claim to be for fiscal responsibility, yet they are largely against paying for birth control. Does it not occur to them that tax payers will undoubtedly foot the bill, through welfare, for eighteen plus years of childcare for many of the children that result from unplanned pregnancies? Compared to that, contraception is cheap.
There’s nothing wrong with conservative ideas. Personal responsibility is important. Responsibility to our community is even more important.
Ensuring that companies provide a living wage so that families don’t have to rely on food stamps is the responsible thing to do. A family that can’t afford food isn’t self-sufficient. Isn’t that what conservatism is all about; being self-sufficient? A family that’s not self-sufficient cannot contribute to the economy.
If families aren’t contributing to the economy, the economy doesn’t grow.
One more thing.
As our country experiences extreme weather powerful enough to bring about the destruction of whole communities, more and more people are going to find themselves in need of some kind of assistance, be it food stamps or welfare. These people are not deadbeats. They aren’t looking for handouts either. Yet many conservatives want to reduce these life saving safety nets because of the cost. Are these the “family values” that conservatives claim they hold in such high regard?
The United States of America is a vast and wealthy country populated with people of many different faiths and from every walk of life. In order for us to have a strong country we must look out for one another. United we stand. Divided we fall.
“Some Serious Questions For Conservatives” first appeared Friday 6/6/2013 on ADignorantium’s Wordpress page. It is re-posted here because I believe it is important.
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Poor Kid. :\
When I first saw this cover I thought, “Why would anyone want to live to 120?”
We don’t take care of our seniors now. Can you imagine a century from now? No thanks! I’m not being a pessimist. I’m being a realist.
There are over 7,000,000,000 people on this planet. That’s Seven BILLION! In a hundred years, that number will double; maybe triple. How will we feed all those people? How will we care and feed a BILLION senior citizens when we don’t even care for the ones who are here today?
Hopefully, we will all be lucky enough to reach retirement age one day. Let’s hope the decisions we make today regarding our seniors don’t come back to bite us in the ass.
Read the National Geographic article, “On Beyond 100” by Stephen S. Hall
‘Sesame Street’ Shatters Little Girls’ Princess Dreams, Replaces Them With Better Ones
Thanks to Sesame Street and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for reminding young girls to dream bigger than “princess.”
Sesame Street’s “radical liberal agenda” strikes again!
YES
This brings tears to my eyes!
Just as a little bit of bonus information, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the U.S. Court’s first latina justice and its third female justice of any race. She was an active boardmember of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and has also taught at the NYU School of Law and Columbia!
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Pro-Gun Radio Host Tells Newtown Victims’ Families ‘Go To Hell!’
Bob Davis, one half of Minnesota radio duo Davis & Emmer In The Morning, finally said what many gun nuts have probably been thinking for months when he told his audience that “I have something I want to say to the victims of Newtown, or any other shooting,” namely that the gun reforms they’ve been lobbying for “force me to lose my liberty, which is a greater tragedy than your loss.”
He went on to say that he was “sick and tired of seeing these victims trotted out,” and that “I would stand in front of them and tell them, ‘go to hell.’”
“Just because a bad thing happened to you doesn’t mean that you get to put a king in charge of my life,” Davis said. “I’m sorry that you suffered a tragedy, but you know what? Deal with it, and don’t force me to lose my liberty, which is a greater tragedy than your loss.”
Tom Emmer, Davis’ broadcast partner and a former Republican state representative, was slightly more restrained, opining, of the Newtown families, that “they’re being used,” and that “It’s probably one of the worst, ah, political stunts you could do is to use the victims of the tragedy.”
Except, apparently, as punching bags:
Read more at Mediaite.com
And, no offense meant, if it were true that children mimic their teachers, we’d have a hell of a lot more nuns running around.
