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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I love is how the Republicans proclaim to be Christian but cut food aid to the poor. Is that what Jesus would do?[/quote]

Jesus would teach a person who is able to support themselves not to be on welfare their whole lives, unlike the intergenerational welfare we have now.

You are not "owed".[/quote]

I believe his primary commandment was to love. [/quote]

Not making people who are perfectly capable of independence, dependent on others is love. Tough love, but love nonetheless. [/quote]

It's a safety net. Most people are on it temporarily. This idea that the program is full of people who do not need it is not based in reality. Making people in need out to be lazy moochers isn't love, tough or otherwise. [/quote]

Not really.  Many, many are on it for years.  They are a lot of exemptions that pretty much make it possible for anyone to be on it for years. If you have [b]children under 14 (and keep having children) or take care of anyone, you could be on it for year[/b]s. You can get waivers if you meet the 20 hr per week work requirement and stay on it for years as well.  [/quote]

Those children deserve to be fed in this country.

They didn't choose their parents 
[/quote]

And their parents often chose to spend money on various non essential things.  If they had to be responsible for buying food, they would [/quote]

So you want to yell at the kids about their parents' choices instead of feed them? That'll teach 'em! [/quote]

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