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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Republican Congressman quotes the Bible to support his case that poor people should not be helped.
Congressman Stephen Fincher (R-TN) rants from the House floor that foodstamps should be cut, which would mean that the poor should starve. Meanwhile, Fincher himself is also a farmer, who gets $3.5 million in subsidies from the federal government. And the Farm Bill that House Republicans—including Fincher—support would increase farm subsidies by $9 billion while cutting food stamps by $21 billion over the next ten years.
On the other hand: Representative Juan C. Vargas, Democrat of California , who opposes cuts to the food stamp program, quoted from Matthew 25 to argue against the cuts to food stamps.
Great commentary from Occupy the Bible: http://occupythebible.org/2013/05/18/gop-cuts-food-stamps-quotes-jesus/
Please join with Daily Kos and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee by signing the petition shaming Rep. Steve Fincher for his hypocritical vote to cut food stamps, while personally taking millions in federal farm subsidies
http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=418
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