Posted on 06/04/2013 1:25:22 AM PDT by SMGFan
Political leaders from the national, state and local level stopped by New Jerseys largest food bank this afternoon to voice their opposition to a bill that would slash funding for federal programs that help feed the hungry.
U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-10th Dist.), who organized the event at the Hillside-based Community FoodBank of New Jersey, said he is very concerned about potential cuts as a result of the 2013 Farm Bill. He was joined by state Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Union) and Hillside Councilwoman Angela Garretson.
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Its immoral in this nation that people would have to go hungry, he added. Its absolutely immoral.
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“But abortion isn’t immoral is it?”
Considering the size of some of the welfare sows in Newark NJ, the moral thing to do would be to reduce their caloric intake. We have the fattest poor people in the world, and they have a diabetes epidemic to boot.
Morality does not stem from the government purse.
How many of these hungry people would work for that food?
Just cleaning at the food bank or picking up trash on the side of the road.
I am not a mean person, I have no desire to see anyone hungry, but in todays society we have a group of people who expect handouts just because they are there.
From a baby murdering, same sex marriage, islam embracing demon from hell.
LLS
(But not as well as the EBT people, from what I have seen in their shopping carts!)
If Representative Payne had the choice between “letting the people go hungry” and firing the worthless and expensive administrators, he would let the people go hungry every time. He’s not fooling me.
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