Changing the rules

"When the rules of the game prove unsuitable for victory, the gentlemen of England change the rules." --Harold J. Laski

The recently passed Farm Bill allows states to continue offering higher food stamp benefits if they increase the amount of heating assistance they give to low income families.  Connecticut and New York (at a cost of $1.4 million and $6 million respectively) are doing just that.  Therefore while we still struggle through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, needy folks in Connecticut and New York will not have to get by on $90 less for food each month.

This is exactly the kind of thinking the Democratic Party needs to embrace wholeheartedly--where there's a will there's a way to look after those most in need and not let them suffer because of republican callousness and obstructionism.  Then maybe instead of getting our votes only because they're better than the alternative, they will actually have earned them.

Peace,
emaycee