Obama steals from food stamps to give to school unions.

[thundley4]

 

no limit (1000+ posts)           Mon Dec-13-10 11:38 AM
Original message
Obama signs bill cutting 2.2 billion from food stamps
   
Edited on Mon Dec-13-10 11:50 AM by no limit
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obamas-food-...


With his wife by his side, President Obama on Monday signed the child nutrition bill, strongly pushed by the first lady, who has made nutrition part of her campaign to help the young get healthy.

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The bill also increases the spending per meal by about 6 cents, President Obama noted. He said the money for funding the increase came from cuts in the food-stamp program but that he was committed to working with Congress to find a way to restore those funds.



So even a bill to try and make the food our children eat healthier is really just another large pile of shit. Thank you for the bang up job Mr. President.


On edit: Here is a CNN article showing the 2.2 billion figure, my apologies that the article I originally linked to mentioned the food stamp cuts but not the total figure:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/13/child.nutrition /



Some Democrats had objected to the bill because it is funded in part by stripping $2.2 billion from the federal food stamp program. Congress also voted over the summer to take money from the program to fund legislation sending money to cash-strapped states to avoid teacher layoffs.

  http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x309

roguevalley (1000+ posts)             Mon Dec-13-10 11:54 PM
Response to Reply #11
183. Let's all sing it together: " SMALL CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!

earth mom   (1000+ posts)             Fri Dec-17-10 03:39 PM
Response to Reply #183
309. Make that Chump Change we can believe in. Looks like Obama's "Let Them Eat Cake" moment.
   
Edited on Fri Dec-17-10 03:40 PM by earth mom
Or make that "Let Them Eat Cat Food".

You "chumps" voted for him.  A republican president never would have been allowed to cut food stamps and you know it.

Divernan   (1000+ posts)             Tue Dec-14-10 11:10 AM
Response to Reply #11
258. Hey Billy, can you smuggle a crust of breat home for Grannie and your baby sister?
   
This cut hurts everyone without school age kids, who ostensibly will benefit by lower weekly food costs at home.

What about all the elderly who were already forced to choose between heat, medicine and food?

What about all the unemployed of any age?

What about the underpaid employed who qualify for food stamps?

What about families with pre-school age toddlers and infants?

They should all call Michele and beg to be added to the First Lady's Priorities.

Michelle told them to eat pie at Thanksgiving.

Still a Democrat (361 posts)           Mon Dec-13-10 12:38 PM
Response to Reply #1
98. Administration raised Food Stamp program from $37B to $68B
   
Over the last two years. Yes, under the Bush administration in 2008, when the recession had already been in place for a year, total expenditures on food stamps (SNAP program) was $37,645,000. For fiscal year 2010, spending has been $68,180,000, nearly double previous spending. This was done under the stimulus package because of the recession and steep rises in unemployment, all caused by the previous administration's policies.

Yes, we're spending more than $31 billion more on food stamps today because of President Obama and the Democrats, and these higher levels will remain in place until late 2013 and 2014 -- two more years. Then, a small portion, $2 billion, will be redirected into funds for children living in poverty who receive breakfast and lunch for free every day. It will expand the number of children eligible and raise the nutritional standards for these meals.

Yet the hatred here is so deep, and the knowledge level so shallow, that this new bill, which will aid the poorest of poor children, is being used as a cudgel. I realize that real facts never prevail over grandstanding and charlatanism, but if you want to see facts and figures on government spending on nutrition assistance programs, you can read them yourself here:

http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/annual.htm

They had to increase funding because there are almost 50% more on food stamps now.

walldude   (1000+ posts)             Thu Dec-16-10 09:55 AM
Response to Reply #129
304. Here's another FACT. The number of people on food stamps
   
has TRIPLED since 2006. So doubling the program left a third of people out in the cold. Are'nt we getting tired of being tossed a bone to make us shut up?

Talk about monday night keyboard warrior quarterbacking bullshit.

Oh Snap.

NoSheep (1000+ posts)             Mon Dec-13-10 03:26 PM
Response to Reply #98
155. Thank you. DU used to be a place where facts were more important.

It's a big bon fire but that last one is killing me.

[GOBUCKS]

As Rush says, I ran the numbers. The DUmmy says this $2.2 billion will increase spending on meals by $.06 per school giveaway meal. In other words, it could cover nearly 37 BILLION meals. The jug-eared Kenyan's supporters can put away a lot of handouts, but I think he'll have a hard time finding enough school-age democrats to eat 37 BILLION meals.

A lot of those 2.2 billion dollars are going into something other than corndogs and sloppy joes.

[jukin]

Wait, Lord Obama said the $4.6 billion dollar program would not add to the deficit. That it would be paid for by reducing the temporary increase in food stamps.

Only a leftist moonbat and proven liar like Obama would think that $4.6 billion = $2.2 billion.  More new math.

[txradioguy]

As Rush says, I ran the numbers. The DUmmy says this $2.2 billion will increase spending on meals by $.06 per school giveaway meal. In other words, it could cover nearly 37 BILLION meals. The jug-eared Kenyan's supporters can put away a lot of handouts, but I think he'll have a hard time finding enough school-age democrats to eat 37 BILLION meals.

A lot of those 2.2 billion dollars are going into something other than corndogs and sloppy joes.

No we already now how they are doing it.  Caught a morning update the other day that highlighted that schools in the big urban areas are beginning to offer breakfast lunch AND dinner to the kids at the government schrools.

[zeitgeist]

walldude   (1000+ posts)             Thu Dec-16-10 09:55 AM
Response to Reply #129
304. Here's another FACT. The number of people on food stamps
  
has TRIPLED since 2006. So doubling the program left a third of people out in the cold. Are'nt we getting tired of being tossed a bone to make us shut up?

Talk about monday night keyboard warrior quarterbacking bullshit.

And let me think, who took over control in 2006?  Oh I don't know, could it have been



Queen Nancy and the Prince of Fools, Dingy Harry?



Hey walldud, thems yer peeps.

[true_blood]

Divernan   (1000+ posts)             Tue Dec-14-10 11:10 AM
Response to Reply #11
258. Hey Billy, can you smuggle a crust of breat home for Grannie and your baby sister? This cut hurts everyone without school age kids, who ostensibly will benefit by lower weekly food costs at home.
What about all the elderly who were already forced to choose between heat, medicine and food? What about all the unemployed of any age?
What about the underpaid employed who qualify for food stamps? What about families with pre-school age toddlers and infants? They should all call Michele and beg to be added to the First Lady's Priorities.

OHS NOES!
But,...but,...the left, (meaning the ones without any common sense/economic sense), are always saying that the gubberment should step in and "help" the parents make the "right choices" for their children.
How's that working out for ya now?

[Freeper]

Wait, Lord Obama said the $4.6 billion dollar program would not add to the deficit. That it would be paid for by reducing the temporary increase in food stamps.

Only a leftist moonbat and proven liar like Obama would think that $4.6 billion = $2.2 billion.  More new math.

Well according to their math foodstamps put 1.87 or something like that into the economy for every dollar spent.
never mind that original dollar is taken from the economy in the first place. Besides food stamps and UE checks create jobs. If that was true we would have added a bunch of jobs last year.

[Alpha Mare]

The cost of each meal will increase by about .25; the federal reimbursement is only .06.

"This is just one example of where the federal government is trying to help us and quite frankly we can't take their help anymore."

http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=370696

[formerlurker]

You "chumps" voted for him.  A republican president never would have been allowed to cut food stamps and you know it.

Point. Game. Set. Match.

[formerlurker]

The cost of each meal will increase by about .25; the federal reimbursement is only .06.
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=370696

Our school district already increased prices of school lunch by $.25 a week ago.   

[JohnnyReb]

The cost of each meal will increase by about .25; the federal reimbursement is only .06.
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=370696

4 years ago in my area the school funds received from the federal government barely covered the cost of the free meals...14% of the school budget...yet that small percentage came with a lot of federal government control/mandates.

I suggested to the school board that they just drop the free school lunches and tell the federal government to go to hell.... that was considered as sacreligious to the school board.