Democrats in the Senate, which we control 55-45, are on the verge of "compromising" on cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to the tune of $9 billion.
Un-fucking-believable.
I know it's the same sad echo, but we live in a time when one in six Americans--in the wealthiest nation in the world--live in poverty, when one in five Americans are food insecure, when there are three unemployed Americans for every job opening, and Democrats, led by my home state's own Debbie Stabenow, are for the first time in our party's history willing to concede to steep food stamp cuts in order to prove they are as callous as republicans.
We're talking children going hungry here. Children.
Frankly, this is simply unacceptable. Helping those in need is a core principle of the Democratic Party, and if abandoned, makes our party's leaders no better than let them eat cake republicans.
Bill Clinton's compromise on welfare reform has had harsh consequences for poverty in America, and this one will do the same for hunger in America.
Peace,
emaycee
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