Could food stamps cutbacks threaten local food banks and pantrys

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POSTED: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 11:21pm

UPDATED: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 11:15am

A House bill that cuts money from the food stamp program is stalled in congress, and 16-billion dollars is on the table.

It's an attempt to cut spending across the board, trying to lower the nation's debt.

But food bank and pantry leaders tell KETK  it may cost the country more if they make dramatic cuts to the SNAP program.

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Thank your slash-and-burn teavangelical repubs in Congress...the one's you voted into office two years ago...but we all know teavangelicals KNOW there are poor people "out there", but don't really "get" that there are other Americans who actually go to bed hungry and will be in even more dire trouble if this food stamp cutting bill does go through. Just heard all DNC speakers talk about the fact that we're all in this together...Democrats believe this...radical repubs don't!! OBAMA 11/6/2012!

It's not a good idea!

Meanwhile, a record 44 million Americans now receive food stamps a full year after the; "Summer of recovery", a full six months prior to that time when our president promised to have cut the now 16 trillion dollar debt in half. I'm not blaming Obama, like I don't blame the other presidents for this nations steady march into socialism, I blame those few who control our economy, those never exposed by media. The hidden govt. policy makers that gave Egypt 5.5 billion in cash and loans yesterday.

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