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Buried Provision In House GOP Bill Would Cut Off Food Stamps To Entire Families If One Member Strikes

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shutdown3/24/2011 9:24:56 am PDT

re: #9 Obdicut

1. Striking is a choice. A legal choice, but a choice, nonetheless. Choices bring consequences.

2. I wish to avoid having to enquire into every recipient of aid. That is why the circumstances should be strictly delineated. Unable to work, insufficient income, temporary illness. Shown upfront, supported by documentation. Periodic refiling of documentation. I don’t think the public should support a choice to fall below the aid threshold.

3. Caring for a sick relative may be a legally valid reason with desirable, generally applicable public policy underpinnings. Making other subjective decisions may not be.

Are you proposing that everybody get whatever they ask for, sight unseen?