We The People cannot afford to Cut $40b from the SNAP program...
I just don't think we can afford the heartlessness necessary to cut so much from such an important lifeline...
http://feedingamerica.org/press-room/press-releases/joint-statement-from-anti-hunger-groups-on-40-billion-cuts-to-snap.aspx#
Washington, District of Columbia
September 18, 2013
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) introduced legislation this week to slash approximately $39 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), which helps struggling families keep food on their tables. This measure would throw several million low-income Americans off SNAP and also cause more than 200,000 children to lose access to the free and reduced-price school meals that provide them with basic nutrition at school. This legislation comes just one month before an across-the-board cut for every family on SNAP takes effect on November 1st.
Leading anti-hunger organizations - Bread for the World, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Feeding America, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and Share Our Strength – have joined together with this statement:
“We are deeply concerned about the magnitude and impact these cuts would have for our most vulnerable citizens. As national organizations working to help those struggling with hunger, we know that this proposed legislation will lead to literally billions of lost meals in the coming years for poor families and more hunger and hardship.
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It's very sad to think about people going hungry in this country.
It's just... !!
They can certainly continue to fully fund SNAP/food stamps!
This is beyond a disgrace!
Try going hungry for one day banksters and Wall Street pigs!! 
Um, no ...
It actually looks like helping people eat is a net positive for the economy...
I've known people who have needed food stamps. They were never stashing them under the mattress or depositing them in a secret Swiss bank account. The food subsidy goes directly and completely into the local economy.
I am very thankful that the Senate will not let this disgusting display of coldness go any further than the Headlines of Today's News.
But still... it is sad to treat people like this. How many people will be frightened after seeing this despicable behavior on display in Congress.
