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Posts Tagged ‘Food Stamps’

March 18th, 2023 - 9:10 pm § in Hypocrisy, Politics, Racism, Republicans, Schools & Colleges

Republican wants kids to go hungry

Whether it’s to force them into dirty, dangerous, low-paying jobs (presumably including elderly and disabled people, mothers with young children, and schoolkids, because that’s who government food assistance goes to), or racism (do you see any white faces in the photo of a food bank line[...]

March 10th, 2023 - 9:32 pm § in Politics, Republicans

Nikki Haley insults working poor

Nikki Haley, who wants to be president, believes if you’re a single working mother juggling parenting with two or three low-wage jobs and need Medicaid and food stamps to make ends meet, you’re a lazy couch potato. Haley wants to slash funding for those programs, which also help seniors [...]

February 12th, 2015 - 5:43 pm § in Politics

Republicans expand tactic for suppressing votes to food stamps

First you take away their right to vote, then you let ’em starve. That’s how Republicans like to treat America’s poor (read: black) people. Photo ID laws have been so successful at keeping the poor, elderly, and minorities from voting that the GOP now wants to impose similar requi[...]