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GOP Congressman Declines To Say Whether Every American Is Entitled To Eat
Daniel Marans HuffPostMay 27, 2017
Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) refused to say whether every American is entitled to eat and the food stamps program is the best way to ensure that they have the food they need.
NPRs Scott Simon interviewed Smith on Saturday about the farm bill and President Donald Trumpsproposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. In the presidents budget, the White House is seeking $193 billion in cuts to SNAP over 10 years, an amount equal to more than one-quarter of the programs cost over that period.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-congressman-declines-whether-every-173031436.html
MFM008
(19,837 posts)Even republicans should eat.....
Breathing is another thing
33taw
(2,449 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Is entitled to breathe.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Republicans think Americans have no right to health care, no right to eat food, no right for shelter, no right to a living wage, no right to a government that gives a shit about them in any way and women in particular have no rights over their own bodies at all.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.