Sen. Kennedy on * decision to elim food stamps for medicare recipients

[paineinthearse]

http://kennedy.senate.gov/index_high.html

May 9, 2005

STATEMENT OF SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO ELIMINATE FOOD STAMP BENEFITS FOR MEDICARE RECIPIENTS


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Laura Capps/Melissa Wagoner [phone]

The Bush Administration is mindlessly and heartlessly requiring low-income seniors to choose between food and medicine. In the new HHS description of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, the Administration explains that it will reduce or even cut off food stamps for Medicare recipients who rely on Medicare to afford the prescriptions they need.

The number of Americans who are hungry or on the verge of hunger has increased by 3 million since President Bush took office, and this action will raise that number even higher. In addition, the Administration's budget proposed to deny food stamps to 300,000 low-income people in an average month over the next 5 years.

It's the height of hypocrisy for the President to tout his Social Security plan as protecting low-income Americans from benefit cuts, when he's slashing other benefits left and right for these Americans who need our help the most.

[MADem]

1. Ted is the LION of the Senate

We are blessed to have him.

[Zenlitened]

2. Seriously, do the Bushicons WANT us peasants storming the gates...

... with pitch-forks and torches in hand? Is that what they're aiming for? Because it's the only explanation that makes SENSE.

There's no way you can look at this administration's actions and conclude they're trying to make America a better place. But consider that they're out to destroy America... ahhh, then there's a clear logic to their behavior.

:grr:

[Tesla]

3. Lets get the Seniors mad!!

Send this to AARP
any of the Senior websites!!
This is an outrage!!!!
Wouldn't the 72 million bonus for Haliburton fix alot of problems, buy alot of food or meds for some of them.

[atreides1]

5. AARP Supported the bill originally

Not all of the members, but the leadership of the group did.

[TheFarseer]

4. This policy of shaking down the church mice for money

is just bizzare. The pennies saved from this will pay for the Iraq war for about a half hour. When holding old people living below the poverty line upside down by their ankles and shaking the change out of their pockets passes for fiscal responsibility, we've got serious problems.

[Mass]

6. Happy to see that he sometimes remember what he stands for

[CWebster]

9. Kennedy is more likely to "remember" on any given day

compared with Kerry- who is more apt to take issue only for personal ambition.

[Mass]

10. The statement was aimed at his vote for RealId

Not sure why you think necessary to bring Kerry in the conversation.

And by the way I blame the 100 Senators for that, not only Kennedy.

[CWebster]

11. Just a little commentary on Dem bashing

:)

[Mass]

12. Commentary welcome

as long as you apply it yourself. Actually, I posted it more as a provocation than anything else.

[converted_democrat]

7. What is our country coming to?????????

Our government is actively trying to take away social security, and yesterday the courts ruled that companies can more or less shed their workers pensions, and benefits whenever they want.
They people of this country were supposed to have a 3 leg system. 1. Pension. 2. Social Security. 3. Their home.--- Now pensions are all but gone, they are doing everything they can to take social security, and the only thing people will have left will be their homes. Enter the bankruptcy bill. Your pension is gone social security will be gone, and the only way to pay your debt will be either sell your home, or hand it over to your creditors.
They want it all, and unless we act quickly they will take it.

[China_cat]

8. If they all die off from starvation

no SS benefits will have to be paid.

[Hubert Flottz]

13. Yes but!

Halliburton will soon get an 87 million dollar bonus!

Look at the bright side dang it!