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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Drops Food Stamps from Farm Bill
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/07/09/gop_drops_food_stamps_from_farm_bill.htmlGOP Drops Food Stamps from Farm Bill
House Republican leaders "have decided to drop food stamps from the farm bill and are whipping the farm-only portion of the bill for a vote that will likely come this week," Roll Call reports.
"The nutrition portion of the bill would be dealt with later."
"The 'new' farm bill would be the bill as it finished on the floor before the break, with the addition of a repeal of the 1949 law that requires the passage or extension of a farm bill."
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GOP Drops Food Stamps from Farm Bill (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2013
OP
Well, there's hardly any 'farm' to it. It's all for the support of agri-businesses.
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2013
#3
gollygee
(22,336 posts)1. Yeah right
that would be the portion of the bill they block in congress until people are starving, right?
I feel pretty skeptical of their intentions.
cali
(114,904 posts)2. This is an attempt to kill SNAP. That simple
and to make sure that agribusiness gets its billions in subsidies, of course.
atreides1
(16,079 posts)5. I was thinking the same thing
The GOP need the agribusiness...they need the money from them for their campaigns. Didn't expect the GOP to piss off their real masters!
questionseverything
(9,656 posts)10. freaking hypocrites
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10044
And, before its return, the hypocrisy embedded in the "Tea Party" caucus' opposition to the bill needs to be highlighted. That hypocrisy is almost certainly best exemplified by one Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN).
Even the ordinarily staid New York Times was taken aback by the level of Fincher's hypocrisy that emerged when he quoted the Bible as justification for slashing food stamp benefits for the poor. He claims that assistance, somehow, amount to theft.
But the facts of Fincher's argument are even more embarrassing than that. The Times notes that Fincher himself has "collected nearly $3.5 million in subsidies from 1999 to 2012" in federal support for his 3,000 acre family farm.
"In 2012 alone, the data shows, Mr. Fincher received about $70,000 in direct payments, money that is given to farmers and farmland owners, even if they do not grow crops."
Even more remarkably, his argument in favor of cutting $20 billion in food stamps came during a debate over the bill in a U.S. House sub-committee which voted to increase subsidies to farmers by $9 billion in the wake of last year's record drought. That, of course, was before the reality of his own reliance on federal funding for his family farm was brought to light by the media...
And, before its return, the hypocrisy embedded in the "Tea Party" caucus' opposition to the bill needs to be highlighted. That hypocrisy is almost certainly best exemplified by one Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN).
Even the ordinarily staid New York Times was taken aback by the level of Fincher's hypocrisy that emerged when he quoted the Bible as justification for slashing food stamp benefits for the poor. He claims that assistance, somehow, amount to theft.
But the facts of Fincher's argument are even more embarrassing than that. The Times notes that Fincher himself has "collected nearly $3.5 million in subsidies from 1999 to 2012" in federal support for his 3,000 acre family farm.
"In 2012 alone, the data shows, Mr. Fincher received about $70,000 in direct payments, money that is given to farmers and farmland owners, even if they do not grow crops."
Even more remarkably, his argument in favor of cutting $20 billion in food stamps came during a debate over the bill in a U.S. House sub-committee which voted to increase subsidies to farmers by $9 billion in the wake of last year's record drought. That, of course, was before the reality of his own reliance on federal funding for his family farm was brought to light by the media...
sinkingfeeling
(51,459 posts)3. Well, there's hardly any 'farm' to it. It's all for the support of agri-businesses.
And note they're (GOP) attempting to make this one the final and forever bill.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)4. As long as it's good fpr monsanto and dow, it must be good
for the country, right ?
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)6. Eliminate ALL farm subsidies.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)11. New Zealand is doing well without them.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)12. In a FREE market they are anti-competitive.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)7. Just disgusting
K&R for providing info on this.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)9. Fine; that kills the whole bill.
This should be interesting.
janlyn
(735 posts)13. Not surprised.
They know that portion of the bill is not popular with the democrats. And they have made promises to big agriculture companies to get them those goodies.
Can't keep the people who are really in charge waiting, now can they?