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Bush Calls for Eliminating Program for Needy Seniors (Drowns Bag of Kittens, Too!)
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| February 9, 2006
| Frederic J. Frommer
Posted on 02/10/2006 7:00:37 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Journal Sentenial is just another DemoRAT, lib, fish-wrap.
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:11:25 AM PST
by
KeyLargo
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Jean Daniel, a spokeswoman for the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, "... this is not a welfare program, this is a nutritional assistance program."Gotta love those bureaucrats!
To: KeyLargo
I check out his page, regularily. I have Vicki McKenna here in my part of the state, and she's doing a bang-up job.
http://www.wiba.com (UpFront is her show.)
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:15:16 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
SSDD.. Drop the rate of growth by a penny and the left will claim Bush is starving seniors, school children and the poor.. all for his rich buddies..
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:18:44 AM PST
by
mnehring
(Perry 06- It's better than a hippie in a cowboy hat or a commie with blue hair.)
To: conservative physics
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:18:50 AM PST
by
stopem
To: Diana in Wisconsin
"I call it misplaced priorities. How do you justify doing something like this, while at the same time giving people like Herb Kohl huge tax cuts?" said Kohl, a multimillionaire. Well then Mr. Kohl, since you are a multimillionaire why don't you do some charity and provide the veggies and whatnot to the seniors in your state?
5,000 seniors x $20 a box (roughly) = $100,000 a month. Surely a multimillionaire who gets huge tax cuts can afford to take care of the people of his state.
And since people who keep more of their money from taxes have more money to give to charities.
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:19:31 AM PST
by
Mcirrus
(Future Reference)
To: Pukin Dog
So, old people who never saved a dime in their lives don't want anyone to call them on it, or put them through the ordeal of admitting in writing that they are irresponsible losers? Bingo! Mr. Inspectorette and I finally retired last year. We were mentally ready to retire at least five years before we were financially able. The last year we worked was the most difficult we had - we couldn't wait until our retirement date, but we hung in there because if we had retired sooner, our pensions, retiree medical benefits, 401K, etc., wouldn't have been enough for a comfortable retirement.
So it really chaps me to hear seniors whining about being poor because, in many cases (not all), they just didn't want to take the steps necessary to provide for themselves. Just let the government take care of you - ptui!
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Seniors have repeatedly said they don't want to be on that program," Robertson said, because of the perceived stigma of using food stamps and the paperwork hassles.
This statement is such a load of bull that I don't know where to start.....
1. IF people were really starving or choosing between meds and food then they would shelf their pride and get the damn things, so they can't be all that hurting.
2. They don't want to deal with the "paperwork hassles" and somehow that is MY fault! Their incompetence and laziness suggested in that comment is why they are supposedly in the situation that they are in and again that is not MY fault.
3. IF only 28% of eligible participants are participating then common sense tells us that the other 72% don't need help and that the eligibility levels are way too low...just like the left to tell people that they know best and know what is good for them.
The left won't be happy until every last one of us are under their socialist thumb.
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:21:50 AM PST
by
socialismisinsidious
(Liberals are all about choice UNTIL you choose differently than them.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Talk about negative Democrat spin. Bush simply wants to consolifdate programs in order to avoid the extra cost from duplication, especially in administrative overhead. And how hypocritical is it of seniors to take this form of 'charity' but won't take food stamps. At least under this program, they won't starve like they did in the 1800's.
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:22:42 AM PST
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: jdm
"How did the elderly survive during the good old days of the 1800s?" But, but, but, back then people didn't have cell phones, satellite TV and so on. Everyone today NEEDS these things. I mean, they're ENTITLED to them. /s
Not to mention the seniors clogging the roads in their 40-ft. motorhomes that they don't even know how to drive.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
"I'm old. Gimme, gimme, gimme."
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:24:06 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: mewzilla
While we're on the subject, why do we have so many freaking welfare programs? Anyone have an idea how much money they must cost to just administrate? Wouldn't it be more efficient to roll them all up, including Social Security, into just one big welfare program and send a check to people who meet the criteria for qualificiation? We'd save a ton of money on administration alone.
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:24:17 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
"Seniors have repeatedly said they don't want to be on that program,"Yadda, yadda, yadda. Beggars of a free lunch cannot be choosers.
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:26:40 AM PST
by
JoeGar
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl ... said he would oppose it.And from what state does the "free cheese" come? Hmmmm? Does anyone else see this as self-serving politics?
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:30:00 AM PST
by
JoeGar
To: conservative physics; All
...I suggest we stop giving billions away to foreign governments before we stop giving it to our own people.
How about we stop giving it to both? Then, perhaps, people will learn that they have to set something aside to take care of their needs in the future.
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:30:27 AM PST
by
econjack
To: econjack
I agree, stop both.
But certainly don't stop domestic while continuing international.
To: Inspectorette
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:34:13 AM PST
by
econjack
To: conservative physics
I suggest we stop giving billions away to foreign governments before we stop giving it to our own people. You mean like U.S. citizens actually getting THEIR money back? Wow, what an idea!
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:37:24 AM PST
by
unixfox
(AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
To: Condor51
A lot of truth in that. The commodity food taste awful and having to line up for scraps of cheese, etc., is far more humilitating than food stamps.
If seniors find it difficult to do the paperwork for stamps, a better plan is to assign regional or area people to help them file. It could be within so many programs for the elderly already in place.
I have no problem with making sure seniors have enough food and shelter, since our society has pretty much abandoned the principle of caring for their elderly.
It's the younger, work shirkers, I have a problem with.
While it's true many have not saved adequately for their retirement years, caring for our parents and grandparents is just simply, called responsibility.
In other words, there but for the grace of God.....
To: Calico Cat
Exactly. I've seen what a lot of people on welfare have and they aren't poor. Instead of cutting benefits to our seniors, cut it to the illegals and welfare bums that are able bodied and leeching off the system, like a lot of the Katrina *refugees*.
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posted on
02/10/2006 7:42:16 AM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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