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Old 06-20-2013, 12:07 PM
 
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The House on Thursday rejected a five-year farm bill that would have cut $20.5 billion from the federal food stamp program.

House rejects farm bill - The Hill's Floor Action
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Old 06-20-2013, 12:49 PM
 
Location: In a happy, quieter home now! :)
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Good.
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Old 06-21-2013, 07:06 AM
 
Location: Fort Payne Alabama
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The House on Thursday rejected a five-year farm bill that would have cut $20.5 billion from the federal food stamp program.

House rejects farm bill - The Hill's Floor Action
Note, I believe that "cut" is over a 10 year period on a 500 billion dollar a year bill, sounds like peanuts to me!
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Old 06-21-2013, 08:42 AM
 
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Yay taxpayers...
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Old 06-21-2013, 09:03 AM
 
Location: West Orange, NJ
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why only mention the food stamp cut? why not mention the wealthy-farmer subsidy that it doesn't cut?
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Old 06-21-2013, 10:58 PM
 
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I had read an article earlier today that mentioned one of the bills proposed would end farm subsidies. New Zealand ended farm subsidies several years back and there was this huge outcry but it resulted in New Zealand farmers being more productive. Let's end all farm subsidies.
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Old 06-23-2013, 12:16 PM
 
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Yep the details are often different from the spin often.
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Old 06-24-2013, 12:41 AM
 
Location: USA
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Members voted down the $940 billion bill in a 195-234 vote that only won 24 Democratic votes. Most Democrats voted against the bill because it cut food stamp programs by more than $20 billion.
Will Soylent get a farm subsidy? lol. Just dump the food stamps and farm subsidies already. I'm sure we could find better things to do with $940B.
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