THEY CUT FOOD STAMPS FOR THE POOR, BUT STILL RECEIVE FARM WELFARE (SUBSIDIES) FROM THE FEDS

Check out the 13 members of Congress who voted to cut food stamps but also received farm subsidies for their "family" farms ...

Here's why the food stamp cuts count in California:

* CALIFORNIA'S MONEY STAYS IN WASHINGTON: California already contributes more money to the federal budget than it gets back, every year. Cutting food stamps for a state like California - which is already the toughest state in the union to get food stamps - makes this worse.
* IT MAKES US HUNGRIER: Bakersfield, CA ranks 2nd and Fresno, CA ranks 5th when it comes to the hungriest cities in the country.
* ECONOMY SUFFERS: Because of the size of the state, 1 out of every 10 food stamp dollars that disappears because of the cuts will be lost in California.
* IT HURTS THE MOST VULNERABLE: Approximately 380,000 Californians - mostly kids, seniors, and the disabled - will have to look elsewhere for food.

Here's another nugget to consider. Several of the same GOP Congressmen who voted to cut food stamps - for people who are asked to live on about $5 per day - are expensing up to $166 per day for food.

At the end of the day, I'd have to say that there's nothing more Christian than pointing fingers at the poor for mooching off the system while you have one hand out, and the other in the taxpayer cookie jar. Republican Jesus would no doubt approve.

Sigh ...

- Mark

Hat tip to Robin for the Congressmen graphic.