GOP Food Stamp Cuts Would Kick 170,000 Vets Out of the Program
Source: Mother Jones
Republicans will salute America's veterans Monday, while simultaneously trying to deny them benefits. In addition to reducing housing aid, and denying health care to vets, the GOP is also trying to remove thousands of vets from the food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
At least 900,000 veterans rely on SNAP. The House Republican version of the farm bill, the five-year piece of legislation that funds nutrition and agriculture provisions, would slash funding for the food stamps program by nearly $40 billion and boot 2.8 million people off the program next year. That includes 170,000 veterans, who would be removed through a provision in the bill that would eliminate food stamps eligibility for non-elderly jobless adults who can't find work or an opening in a job training program.
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Classic, isn't it?
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!!
I didn't realize that meant, only when they are IN ACTIVE MILITARY!
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)Republicans would be happiest if all our troops came home in bodybags
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)ErikJ
(6,335 posts)The post below was from May 2012 and so it should be at least 8 bills by now.
In Sept 2012 the GOP voted down the Vets Jobs Bill.
Senate GOP Obstructionists Throw Veterans Under The Bus-Vote Down Bill To Help Vets In Need Of Jobs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/09/23/senate-gop-obstructionists-throw-veterans-under-the-bus-vote-down-bill-to-help-vets-in-need-of-jobs/
And then last month the GOP voted to cut 170,000 vets from getting food stamps.
Cruel House Republicans Vote to Cut Off Food for 170,000 Vets and 3.8 Million Americans
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/19/cruel-house-republicans-vote-cut-food-170000-vets-3-8-million-americans.html
GOP Voted Against 7 Bills to Help Veterans since Obama took office--- May 2012
Here's the Bills in numerical order. In short, the GOP has voted TO NOT SUPPORT THE TROOPS at least 7 times. I think that is sufficient to call the GOP House Hypocrites and Phonies.
Bill's Blocked By Republican's Since President Obama Took Office.
David Gregory, John McCain, and the media aren't covering this story so we have to.
Here's a concise extraction for easy viewing for those who are INTERESTED IN VETERANS ISSUES and need to know which party supports veterans and which party does not.
The rejected Bills are named:
H.R. 466 Wounded Veteran Job Security Act became H. R. 2875.
H.R. 1168 -- Veterans Retraining Act
H.R. 1171 Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization
H.R. 1172 -- Requiring List on VA Website of Organizations Providing Scholarships for Veterans
H.R. 1293 -- Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009
H.R. 1803 -- Veterans Business Center Act
H.R. 2352 Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act
DETAILS OF BILLS REJECTED BY REPUBLICANS:
H.R. 466 Wounded Veteran Job Security Act This bill would actually provide job security for veterans who are receiving medical treatment for injuries suffered while fighting in defense of their country. It would prohibit employers from terminating
employees who miss work while receiving treatment for a service-related disability.
H.R. 1168 -- Veterans Retraining Act This bill would provide for assistance to help veterans who are currently unemployed with their expenses while retraining for the current job market.
H.R. 1171 Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization This bill would reauthorize programs in support of homeless veterans, to assist them with job training, counseling, and placement services through the Department of Veterans Affairs through 2014.
H.R. 1172 -- Requiring List on VA Website of Organizations Providing Scholarships for Veterans which does nothing more than direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to include information about scholarships for veterans.
H.R. 1293 -- Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009 Heresanother bill in support of those who have fought for their country, passed by House Democrats and blocked from becoming law by Republicans.
This would increase the amount paid by the VA to disabled veterans for necessary home structural improvements from $4,100 to $6,800 for those who are more than 50% disabled, and from $1,200 to $2,000 who are less than 50%, disabled. This means, if a veteran lost the use of his legs in service of his country, the country will pay for the wheelchair ramp so that he can live at home.
By the way, the last time this ceiling was lifted was in 1992. There isn't even a fiscal reason for being against this bill, as the total cost of this bill, according to CBO estimates, would be a whopping $20 million. That's about a quarter (25 cents) per family of four.
H.R. 1803 -- Veterans Business Center Act This bill would set up a Veterans Business Center program within the Small Business Administration, which would specialize in such programs as grants for service-disabled veterans, help them develop business plans and secure business opportunities. In other words, folks, it would create jobs and offer opportunities those who have fought in defense of our country.
H.R. 2352 Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act This bill essentially combines a number of other bills that Republicans had blocked in the Senate previously, and adds a few elements. The bill would again establish a Veterans Business Center Program; .... it would establish a Military Entrepreneurs Program; ...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/16/1091597/-GOP-Voted-Against-7-Bills-to-Help-Veterans-
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)But then again...Mr. and Mrs. STOOPID know that it's all the fault of that black guy from Kenya, sitting in THEIR White House! They know because
FuksFakeNews will say so.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)by these goddamn hypocrite chickenhawks of the bush ilk and beyond. We've never been treated with real respect by these amerikans. I'm completely done in by this.
sakabatou
(42,186 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)Chris Christie will be a great candidate in '16
because he's the obviously overfed guy who
will be known as the Food Stamp King
Trouble is I don't think he'd be stupid enough to
continue to advocate more cuts
unionthug777
(740 posts)Red Mountain
(1,739 posts)who are going to go hungry are veterans to make them care.
Some Americans matter more to them, it seems.