GOP sponsor resource supplementation Bill for food industry.
NY Time
Ron Nixon
9/19/13
House Republicans Pass Deep Cuts in Food Stamps
Quote:
WASHINGTON — House Republicans narrowly pushed through a bill on Thursday
that slashes billions of dollars from the food stamp program, over the objections of Democrats
and a veto threat from President Obama. <snip>
The bill, written under the direction of the House majority leader, Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia,
would cut $40 billion from the food stamp program over the next 10 years.
It would also require adults between 18 and 50 without minor children
to find a job or to enroll in a work-training program in order to receive benefits.
It would also limit the time those recipients could get benefits to three months.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, nearly 4 million people would be removed
from the food stamp program under the House bill starting next year.
The budget office said after that, about 3 million a year would be cut off from the program. <snip>
A Census Bureau report released on Tuesday found that the program had kept
about 4 million people above the poverty level and had prevented millions more
from sinking further into poverty.
The census data also showed nearly 47 million people living in poverty
— close to the highest level in two decades.
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Those 60 and over are encouraged to enlist now.
Quote:
Det. Thorn: It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people.
They're making our food out of people.
Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food.
You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
Hatcher(aka Eric): I promise, Tiger. I promise. I'll tell the exchange.
Det. Thorn: You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher.
You've gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people!
We've gotta stop them somehow!
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