Farm Bill passes in House, without food stamp funding

[mota bhai 2,675]

House Republicans successfully passed a Farm Bill Thursday by splitting apart funding for food stamps from federal agricultural policy.

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Lawmakers voted 216 to 208 make changes to federal agricultural policy and conservation programs and end direct subsidy payments to farmers. But the measure says nothing about funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, which historically constitutes about 80 percent of the funding in a Farm Bill.

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The vote made clear that Republicans intend to make significant reductions in food stamp money.

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Conservative organizations closely aligned with dozens of House Republicans also cast doubt on the new bill.

The Club for Growth said that while it supports splitting up farm and food policy, the new farm-only bill “is still loaded down with market-distorting giveaways to special interests with no path established to remove the government’s involvement in the agriculture industry.”

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Heritage Action said the new bill would wrongly make permanent several programs, including aid to sugar producers that would drive up costs for customers and taxpayers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/11/house-republicans-drop-food-stamps-from-new-farm-bill/?hpid=z1

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The vast majority of food stamp money goes to children, the working poor and the elderly.

[decocker 7,198]

don't forget veterans!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

don't forget veterans!

they must be welfare queens too...

[GandD 5,966]

The vast majority of food stamp money goes to children, the working poor and the elderly.

No facts sir.

[decocker 7,198]

No facts sir.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/06/06/2114621/five-essential-facts-about-food-stamps/

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

No facts sir.

Sorry. I try hard to keep facts out of here but sometimes they just sneak up on me.

[GandD 5,966]

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/06/06/2114621/five-essential-facts-about-food-stamps/

No i was telling him not to bring facts here. He got it.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

The title of the thread is not accurate to the article and is baiting.

A separation of farm subsidies from welfare is a good thing, we should all cheer for transparency, they never should have been tied together in the first place.

This will not pass the senate and is just a negotiation tactic I assume everyone already knows that?

We really should get rid of food stamps and replace it with something that is easier to manage and less prone to fraud (known fraud was 750 million last year)

[GandD 5,966]

Would anyone be opposed from removing "junk food" from being food stamp eligible?

[decocker 7,198]

No i was telling him not to bring facts here. He got it.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Would anyone be opposed from removing "junk food" from being food stamp eligible?

If you'd do that, you'd eliminate about 80% of what your typical grocery store carries and leave food stamp recipients to purchase higher priced foods.

[decocker 7,198]

We really should get rid of food stamps and replace it with something that is easier to manage and less prone to fraud (known fraud was 750 million last year)

yes, but do you know what they consider fraud?

[GandD 5,966]

If you'd do that, you'd eliminate about 80% of what your typical grocery store carries and leave food stamp recipients to purchase higher priced foods.

I've considered the higher price that would come from it. Believe me, I know personally how much it costs to try to eat healthy. I'd actually be ok with increasing overall food stamp allowances if it would promote higher quality food. These people get #######, then get fat, then get sick and we're paying all the way. There has to be a better way.

Edited July 11, 2013 by GandD

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The title of the thread is not accurate to the article and is baiting.

A separation of farm subsidies from welfare is a good thing, we should all cheer for transparency, they never should have been tied together in the first place.

This will not pass the senate and is just a negotiation tactic I assume everyone already knows that?

We really should get rid of food stamps and replace it with something that is easier to manage and less prone to fraud (known fraud was 750 million last year)

That's $16.00 worth of fraud per year per beneficiary. Or $1.33 per month per beneficiary. Or 32 cents a week or roughly 4 cents a day.

I. Am. Shocked.

How much waste do you figure does the farm bill have in it? How much money are corporations sucking off the taxpayer?

Splitting these items will allow Republicans to deliver corporate pork without having to swallow the nasty pill of letting veterans, the elderly, the working poor and their children eat.

Edited July 11, 2013 by Mr. Big Dog