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Originally Posted by Bucco
In actuality, the bill the OP refers to is about much more than "babies". THE BELOW is a major part of the holdup..
Finding a compromise on cuts to the nation's $80 billion-a-year food stamp program has been the toughest obstacle in the talks between the House and the Senate. The House passed a bill this summer that would cut $4 billion from food stamps annually and allow states to create new work requirements for some recipients. The Democratic Senate, backed by President Barack Obama, passed a farm bill with $400 million annual cut, or a tenth of the House cut.
Negotiators have focused on cracking down further on a practice in some states of giving low-income people as little as $1 a year in home heating assistance, even when they don't have heating bills, in order to make them eligible for increased food stamp benefits. The Senate found its $400 million in annual cuts by requiring that recipients receive at least $10 in assistance to make them eligible, while the House doubled that cut by requiring that recipients receive $20 annually — bringing the savings to around $800 million a year.
Reid Says Democrats Will Not Extend Farm Law |
Really? Making it $10 or even $20 is going to make a difference? They'll just raise it the pittance that's required for aid. JP Morgan runs the SNAP card program (formerly foodstamps) so they're always looking for more eligible participants. They get a cut for every card issued. Same reason drug companies push people to "ask for our drug". Walmart, Kraft, anyone linked to the food business benefit from more and more people getting food stamps. That $80 billion a year is money spent on food that otherwise wouldn't have been spent. It's money injected into the food business by the government. It's welfare for all involved.