This week, the Senate is preparing to rob Peter to pay Paul. They will take from one program helping the neediest of Americans in order to give to another. The lucky recipient is a whittled-down state-aid bill with $16 billion to help sustain Medicaid and $10 billion to keep teachers on the job.[...]
But to gain the votes of the Republicans necessary for passage, the bill includes “pay fors” to make it deficit-neutral.
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[T]he bill will also likely slash $6.7 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the benefits formerly known as food stamps.
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American food stamps are not generous, averaging only $4.50 a day even after being bumped up in the recession-era stimulus.
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And since the start of the recession, the number of families depending on them has skyrocketed. The economic crisis has pushed 12.9 million people into SNAP; as of April, more than 40 million collect the bare-bones benefits. More than 6 million Americans report no income whatsoever except for SNAP — because they are not eligible for unemployment insurance, Social Security, disability or other programs.
MEANWHILE, 
If they want a deficit-neutral bill, they can start by cutting military spending. And monkeys might fly out of my butt. (Thank you Mike Meyers.)
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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