President Obama signs $8.7 billion food stamp cut into law

[calinewarkwc69]

On Friday, President Obama added his signature to legislation that will cut $8.7 billion in food stamp benefits over the next 10 years, causing 850,000 households to lose an average of $90 per month. The signing of the legislation known as the 2014 Farm Bill occurred at a public event in East Lansing, Mich.

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[browneyedguuurl]

Food stamps are bad but tax cuts for the rich are good, k?

UGH!

some people dont need food stamps.

[jrh19782002]

I work in a store and seeee soooooo many people buy nothing but junk food with foodstamps.like soda/chips/pizza.they go right passed the produce and head to the chip isle and fill there cart full of crap.

RE: some people dont need food stamps.

[browneyedguuurl]

You do know that type of food is cheaper right? Which is why low income neighborhoods are filled with fast food restaurants. JFC your comment is gross af.

Re: some people dont need food stamps.

[shoujokakumei]

That "crap" is calorie dense and keeps practically forever, whereas produce goes bad quickly, doesn't fill you up for long, costs more, and requires more time-intensive preparation. In short, piss off.

Re: some people dont need food stamps.

[moonshaz]

I don't know if you're a troll or if you just have a smug, superior attitude toward the less fortunate, but either way it's nagl.

Re: some people dont need food stamps.

[stainedfeathers]

And how many people who are perfectly well off financially do you see buying chips/soda/pizza? Do you sneer at them with your "you shouldn't be eating that crap" attitude or do you reserve the holier-than-thou attitude for people who are poor? Kindly fuck off...