Hey, remember when the economy went to hell and one in ten workers were out of a job and millions of Americans lost their homes ? That was awful, but LUCKILY rich people have completely recovered from the Great Recession (and then some!), so Congress is now
The worst thing about this? They'll probably use the shrinking of the rolls as a result of kicking millions of people out of the program to try to claim that fucking over the poor is the best way to make "help" them.
This is a great way solve America's Weight Problem.
To bring down the average body weight of Americans, simply make sure there are plenty of malnourished skeleton-people to offset the scooter-empowered diabeetus-juice guzzlers!
Part of the reason SNAP has managed to survive in the face of the hostile policy preferences of the Republican party is that it's pointed out that food bought using SNAP benefits was mostly grown by American farmers.
The point is that the vote is an <em>extremely</em> long way from being a single-issue up-or-down vote on whether to cut the SNAP program. For one thing, if no bill passes, then zero dollars are appropriated for SNAP. That&#039;s why you see liberals voting for it - because they&#039;re voting for an entire bill, not a single subsection.
Well, if by &quot;controlled&quot; you mean &quot;unable to do anything at all without pulling in enough Republicans to reach 60 votes&quot;, then yes.
The institutional GOP is never going to allow the farm bill to expire. Remember, they&#039;re the party that styles rural America as &quot;real&quot; America and cities as seething cesspools of evil. They can&#039;t kill agricultural subsidies - that&#039;s why you see wingers like Moran, Boozman, Chambliss, Johanns, Hoeven and Grassley in the &quot;Yea&quot; column. 60 votes isn&#039;t really a problem.
The problem is the House. Those fuckers are <em>crazy</em>. And somehow you&#039;ve gotta get an agreement with them out of conference.
The good news is that the billionaire Fanjul family will continue to receive sugar subsidies while polluting the Everglades all the while enjoying the profits of artificially inflated U.S. sugar prices.
When did the web of poverty get renamed to Safety Net?
Those corporate types, so good at the re-branding.
The worst thing about this? They&#039;ll probably use the shrinking of the rolls as a result of kicking millions of people out of the program to try to claim that fucking over the poor is the best way to make &quot;help&quot; them.
Uh, the program&#039;s run out of the USDA&#039;s budget, so its appropriation levels are <em>always</em> set by the farm bill.
This is a great way solve America&#039;s Weight Problem.
To bring down the average body weight of Americans, simply make sure there are plenty of malnourished skeleton-people to offset the scooter-empowered diabeetus-juice guzzlers!
WHAT? YOU LOVE MATH, DONT YOU LIBTARDS?!
It&#039;s a big bill - 12 titles.
House wants over $20 billion slashed from the program.
Part of the reason SNAP has managed to survive in the face of the hostile policy preferences of the Republican party is that it&#039;s pointed out that food bought using SNAP benefits was mostly grown by American farmers.
The point is that the vote is an <em>extremely</em> long way from being a single-issue up-or-down vote on whether to cut the SNAP program. For one thing, if no bill passes, then zero dollars are appropriated for SNAP. That&#039;s why you see liberals voting for it - because they&#039;re voting for an entire bill, not a single subsection.
Well, if by &quot;controlled&quot; you mean &quot;unable to do anything at all without pulling in enough Republicans to reach 60 votes&quot;, then yes.
Or hearts.
Also, gain a majority of votes in the gerrymandered-to-high-fucking-hell House.
Also, they have to get some Repos on board, or, you know, no 60 voties.
The institutional GOP is never going to allow the farm bill to expire. Remember, they&#039;re the party that styles rural America as &quot;real&quot; America and cities as seething cesspools of evil. They can&#039;t kill agricultural subsidies - that&#039;s why you see wingers like Moran, Boozman, Chambliss, Johanns, Hoeven and Grassley in the &quot;Yea&quot; column. 60 votes isn&#039;t really a problem.
The problem is the House. Those fuckers are <em>crazy</em>. And somehow you&#039;ve gotta get an agreement with them out of conference.
Yeah, how the sausage gets made is a subject we&#039;d be a lot better off as a nation if more people were informed about it.
I actually read a Thomas Jefferson quote that seems apropos, which says a lot by what it does not say:
<blockquote>Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government</blockquote>
&quot;No society is more than three meals from anarchy.&quot; -attribution hazy, Red Dwarf?
So, sometime after that.
The good news is that the billionaire Fanjul family will continue to receive sugar subsidies while polluting the Everglades all the while enjoying the profits of artificially inflated U.S. sugar prices.