Despite bipartisan effort to reduce farm subsidies, today the Republican-controlled House passed a controversial food and farm-spending bill. This measure calls for deep cuts in food aid, both at home and abroad.
The bill slid by in a 217-203 vote. It would give the Ag Department and the FDA $17.3 billion for day-to-day operations. But, the Women, Infants and Children program, which helps feed and educate low-income mothers and their kids, would get slashed by $868 million or 13 percent.
Farmers (1), Women, infants and children (0).
An international program providing emergency aid and ag development would drop by more than $450 million, which is one-third of the program's budget.
This issue makes the timing of a new viral video all the more interesting. The clip, “The Whole Foods parking lot” has been getting tons of traction on the web this week. The mock rap video chronicles the rough and tumble life of a Whole Foods customer by featuring a kale-purchasing Starbucks-toting yuppie. (H/T Last Word senior producer, Kate Albright-Hanna).
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Should we be surprised. Gotta make sure the rich fat cats can eat their steak and lobster while middle america can't have their milk and juice. Times are really sad for the have nots.
We need to take are country back from GOP and Corporate.
it vaguely reminds me of what hitler was doing, living in luxury while going after the jews.
I don't get it.
To the Teapublicans and tea baggers:
Women are just the vessel to carry a child. Our only purpose in life is to procreate, nothing more, nothing less;
They love the zygot and fetus, but hate infants, children and the vessel which produced the hated infants and children.
Both points are made abundantly obvious by the Teapublican's and tea baggers every single day. This piss-poor bill is just further evidence that confirm these two points.