Republican Welfare for the Wealthy: Fincher the Filcher
Welfare for the Wealthy (today's NYT).
...about the Farm Bill and how fatcat Republicans are slashing-gashing the food stamps (SBAP) program, while stuffing their own freaking pork bellies.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/welfare-for-the-wealthy/?ref=markbittman
"...This would be just another amusing/depressing example of an elected official ignoring a huge part of his constituency (about one in seven Americans rely on food stamps, though it’s one in five in Tennessee, the second highest rate in the South), were not (Republican Congressman) Fincher himself a hypocrite.
"For the God-fearing Fincher is one of the largest recipients of U.S.D.A. farm subsidies in Tennessee history; he raked in $3.48 million in taxpayer cash from 1999 to 2012, $70,574 last year alone. The average SNAP recipient in Tennessee gets $132.20 in food aid a month; Fincher received $193 a day. (You can eat pretty well on that.)..."
FINCHER THE FILCHER - Another "Welfare for the Wealthy" RepubliBagger
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that I am giving this thread another damn kick.
REPUBLICAN WELFARE FOR THE WEALTHY SUCKS.
