BK>>
 BK>> Read the entire story at:

 BK>> http://www.toledoblade.com/Retail/2013/07/22/
 BK>> Taxpayers-subsidizing-low-paid-employees.html

 BK>> The battle over food stamps is clearly a smoke screen for the
 BK>> Republicans just trying to extort more from the administration.
 BK>> Without food stamps many employees of this country's largest
 BK>> employer will go hungry.

 LL> I really do not know what gives you the bizarre idea that
 LL> any employer will go hungry, much less real people.  Just
 LL> look at the facts -

 I said, employees of this country's largest employer. IOW,
 workers for Wallmart.

 LL> There are some 47 million recipients of food stamps in
 LL> America. The expenditures for last year alone was $78
 LL> billion.  A very small price to pay, considering how much
 LL> this country pays for national defense (what we spend on
 LL> food stamps is less than the cost of five fighter aircraft).

 Exactly right.

 LL> Republicans want to cut SNAP (the official name of the food
 LL> stamp program) by $4 billion annually.  That is an average
 LL> of $36 less per month for a family of four.

 With payments so low that's a major reduction in meals. It may
 only be 5%, but over a year that's 18days worth of food.

 LL> What that means is that roughly 5 million people would be
 LL> eliminated from the program.  Not that any of those people
 LL> are truly dependent on food stamps.  In fact, very few
 LL> people are truly dependent on food stamps.  By very few, I
 LL> mean only a handful - those folks who are too lazy to find
 LL> their own food.

 Now that is absurd.

 LL> Republicans have always encouraged folks to be
 LL> self-sufficient, and never to depend on government for

 No, Republicans have always encouraged people to be serfs.

 LL> You know the old adage - "Give a man
 LL> a fish and he'll have food for a day.  Teach a man to fish
 LL> and he'll have food for a lifetime."

 Now then the river is fished out.

 LL> Now some folks claim that Republicans have no alternative
 LL> plan to replace food stamps.  That is simply not true.
 LL> Republicans do in fact have a plan.  It is called Dumpster
 LL> Diving.  For those who are not familiar with Dumpster
 LL> Diving, here is how it works -

 Ok, this I buy.

 ...

 LL> Sounds insane, doesn't it?  Liberals claim this Republican
 LL> plan can never work.  However, instead of simply accepting
 LL> that claim at face value, I decided to try it out to see
 LL> for myself -

 LL> One night, I found a dozen ears of corn.  Another time, 30
 LL> packs of chicken.  Also melons, cherries, grapes, peppers,
 LL> tomatoes, potatoes, and all sorts of other really good
 LL> stuff.  Not sure what others found, but there was plenty
 LL> enough to go around.

 LL> When I got home, I made sure to thoroughly boil the chicken
 LL> before eating it so as not to get sick.  I also washed the
 LL> fruit, making sure to get rid of all the bugs, pouring
 LL> boiling water over it just to make sure.  Sure, the fruit
 LL> does lose a bit of color by doing this, but it still tastes
 LL> sweet.  I also cook the vegetables, as it is rather hot and
 LL> humid here which can spoil food (especially vegetables)
 LL> rather quickly.

 Ok, that was in the news not long ago. So, unless that was you
 they were writing up, you need to splain.

 ...

 LL> The only problem with this Republican plan I can find is
 LL> there is a stigma.  People give me dirty looks, sometimes
 LL> cringing at the same time.  Even though I am very careful
 LL> not to be seen, and try not to make a mess, people do not
 LL> want me anywhere around digging for food or eating in the
 LL> bushes.  I leave everything spotless and they still
 LL> complain.  The store manager hates me.  And if my mother
 LL> ever finds out about this, she'll kill me first and ask
 LL> questions later.  Go figure.

 She knows you so well.

 LL> Why is this practice so despised?  Republicans approve it.
 LL> And Republicans are the party of family values.  Or so they
 LL> claim.  So what is the big deal?  Why should I have to pay
 LL> all that money for food that nobody else wants?  Especially
 LL> when I can get it for nothing?  This makes no sense.  No
 LL> sense at all ...

 No, it doesn't.



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