Congress Seeks to Cut Food Aid for Poor

[GutterRat]

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Democrats are fighting attempts to make cuts in food stamps and conservation programs at a time when people are coping with hurricanes and drought.

"Right now the difference between life and death for many Americans is the food stamp program," said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. "We should not, we cannot, cut the very nutritional programs that are literally saving lives." A Republican plan to cut agriculture spending by $3 billion was scheduled for a vote Thursday in the Senate Agriculture Committee. But a spokesman for the panel's chairman, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said late Wednesday that the vote was being put off indefinitely. He didn't offer a reason.

 

[tulc]

tulc(and one more because man, sometimes all you can do is sigh!)

 

[GutterRat]

tulc(and one more because man, sometimes all you can do is sigh!)

I'm sure Congress is due for a raise - they wouldn't dare hesitate to pass that.

It is very sad.

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

With all the extra spending Bush does, money has to come from somewhere. I'm sure this will be just the first victim.

 

[butterfoot]

I agree that they government should cut its funding for this. Why you may ask. This isn't what the Government is for. We the people should be standing up and helping the poor not the Government. Too often we see people reliant on only what the Government gives them. This needs to stop and private organizations and church groups should be the ones helping the poor.


-cw

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

I agree that they government should cut its funding for this. Why you may ask. This isn't what the Government is for. We the people should be standing up and helping the poor not the Government. Too often we see people reliant on only what the Government gives them. This needs to stop and private organizations and church groups should be the ones helping the poor.


-cw

Why do you think that? There wouldn't be any regulations then? Unregulated help, for things like this, could be very very bad.

 

[GutterRat]

I agree that they government should cut its funding for this. Why you may ask. This isn't what the Government is for. We the people should be standing up and helping the poor not the Government. Too often we see people reliant on only what the Government gives them. This needs to stop and private organizations and church groups should be the ones helping the poor.


-cw

Some of the funding goes to private organizations that assist the poor. Without that money - it's very hard for these organizations to get what they need to assist.

I agree - the church should step up - but until then....

 

[Maynard Keenan]

I absolutely have to oppose this.

 

[buffedstuff]

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[praying]

I agree that they government should cut its funding for this. Why you may ask. This isn't what the Government is for. We the people should be standing up and helping the poor not the Government. Too often we see people reliant on only what the Government gives them. This needs to stop and private organizations and church groups should be the ones helping the poor.


-cw

Source

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Nutrition ($45.9 billion) includes any Federal funds outlays classified as food and nutrition assistance, including the Food Stamp program, all child nutrition programs (such as the National School Lunch Program) and others.

hmm 18. billion plus some portion of the religious giving, that is a whole lot of standing up, I don't see it happening.

 

[wanderingone]

I agree that they government should cut its funding for this. Why you may ask. This isn't what the Government is for. We the people should be standing up and helping the poor not the Government. Too often we see people reliant on only what the Government gives them. This needs to stop and private organizations and church groups should be the ones helping the poor.


-cw

Most of the "private organizations" and "church groups" that have viable programs are getting funding from the government!

When the feds cut programs like food stamps we don't get any breaks ... all it means is that states and localities have to make up for the shortfall... so your state and local governments have to find new ways to generate income for the budget gaps.

 

[BrownCoat]

And the moral of that story is don't depend on government food stamps.

 

[Maynard Keenan]

My family once used food stamps. It was when my parents were about 20 and I was a baby. We weren't on them long and they kept us afloat until my dad graduated from college. We are now a stong family contributing to society. Not dependents.

 

[MadeInOz]

The government's job is to help those who can't help themselves...

Instead of helping themselves...