I see our congress has their priorities straight! The same week they gave themselves a
$3,100 pay raise, Congress also cut food stamps. I am against the pay raise, but for the
cut in food stamps by $700 million. The food stamp program is the most abused social program in America and only keep peoplee dependant on the government. What is comical are the comments after.
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What it does is start to turn down the escalating costs ... for our children and our grandchildren. One of the things that we cannot leave to that next generation is a huge deficit that they can't afford," House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said after enactment of a $50 billion deficit-reduction bill.
Democrats dissented, with one eye on the 2006 elections.
"The Republicans are taking food out of the mouths of children to give tax cuts to America's wealthiest. This is not a statement of America's values," said the Democratic leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California. "Democrats believe that together, America can do better," she said, invoking the party's new campaign slogan.
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If I remember correctly during the 2004 elections, it was Kerry and Pelosi that were telling Americans that is time to balance the budget and cut government spending. Now that there is a chance to cut spending by $50 billion, Pelosi calls it "taking food out of the mouths of children".
This is politics at its worst!
11-21-2005, 12:31 PM
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