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markiv

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40. food stamps have always been ag price supports, first

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 11:45 PM

Mar 2013

not that there's anything wrong with that

but 'free cheese' was born out of an analysis of the cost of refirgerating milk stored in the form of cheese, that it would be cheaper to give it to the hungry, than withhold it in refrigeration

'free cheese', was about reducing the cost of the dairy subsidy

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Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts: We must cut food stamps to save them [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2013 OP

You first, Buster Warpy Mar 2013 #1

Better yet, put him on unemployment and food stamps and see how long he lasts. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #3

Ditto to Warpy! SoapBox Mar 2013 #4

More people going hungry is their solution.... Historic NY Mar 2013 #2

What happens when you take away food and give people guns DebJ Mar 2013 #29

Is Bullshit Mountain the tallest mountain in the world yet? Cracklin Charlie Mar 2013 #5

Looks like if the Pubs can’t kill the poor via the medical system they will try starvation uselessobot Mar 2013 #6

What he was REALLY thinking: lastlib Mar 2013 #7

Sooner or later.... lib2DaBone Mar 2013 #8

What do soulless morons like Roberts . . . Brigid Mar 2013 #13

How many of those people do you think vote? Bandit Mar 2013 #28

I wasn't really thinking about voting. Brigid Mar 2013 #33

If we haven't figured it out by now we never will. FiveGoodMen Mar 2013 #23

I have to agree sikofit3 Mar 2013 #27

I'm running out of hate olddots Mar 2013 #9

Everyone in the Senate and House should be forced to watch "American Winter" jeffrey_pdx Mar 2013 #14

Is it online? Brigid Mar 2013 #15

I doubt it jeffrey_pdx Mar 2013 #17

farm bill? greymattermom Mar 2013 #10

Remember that photo atreides1 Mar 2013 #11

Judi Lynn Diclotican Mar 2013 #12

Diclotican, Pat Roberts is as strange, unnatural as the other Republicans. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #22

Judi Lynn Diclotican Mar 2013 #32

Diclotican, you are kind to have shown us a vision of a real place Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #34

Judi Lynn Diclotican Mar 2013 #35

I deeply appreciate your comments, Diclotican, and references to Norway's own growth. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #37

Judi Lynn Diclotican Mar 2013 #38

Only 36 billion dollars? magic59 Mar 2013 #16

Another reason AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #18

How come they never say reggaehead Mar 2013 #19

Heard that the US gives Israel over $8.5 Million in US tax dollars EVERY DAY blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #21

Oh, it could happen any time. Or possibly NOT. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #24

It's Time for the POOR rks306 Mar 2013 #20

It's against the Republican religion, regardless of what their "Good Book" tells them. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #25

He must be driven out of Newest Reality Mar 2013 #26

And yet he can't explain what's wrong with the program. randome Mar 2013 #30

The GOP's reasoning on Food Stamps is the same as it's reasoning on immigration. olegramps Mar 2013 #31

When one is on the Cock Brothers payroll, this is what you get. When will RKP5637 Mar 2013 #36

What a good Christian man! tabasco Mar 2013 #39

food stamps have always been ag price supports, first markiv Mar 2013 #40

"We found we had to STARVE the village in order to save it"? Ken Burch Mar 2013 #41