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Jeff
10-27-2013, 07:10 AM
Is this just the beginning? Either way there are going to be many surprised come November I am sure , they have been cracking down on payments as of late and now this ( a guy I go to church with is in a bad way financially and he was telling me just a month ago how they cut the food stamps he was getting ) We all knew it had to come to this soon and this I believe is only the beginning of many cuts , this Country simply can't afford to keep giving like we do the money just isn't there , It would be great if they could get those that are taking advantage of the system and remove them from it but there are so many stealing benefits that it would be near impossible to catch them all.



Millions of people are in for a shock at the end of the week when their food stamp benefits will be cut across the board. [WATCH VIDEO] (http://thehill.com/video/house/330759-congress-poised-to-go-over-food-stamp-cliff)

There is little chance that Congress will act to avert what hunger activists call the “food stamp cliff” — a cut to benefits that will affect some 47 million beneficiaries, including children and the elderly.

The cut takes effect on Nov. 1, and will bring an end to a funding increase that Democrats wrapped into President Obama’s 2009 stimulus law.



http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/agriculture/330727-nation-headed-over-food-stamp-cliff

tailfins
10-27-2013, 07:48 AM
Since when is a 7% cut considered a cliff?

red states rule
10-27-2013, 08:10 AM
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