Food Stamps

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I obviously vote to expand. (see sig)

The image in your sig is a little bit misleading, since the two sources are measuring somewhat differently - a family who pays only $36 in taxes for food stamps isn't going to be paying even $1000 in federal income tax total. Still, the point that corporate subsidies take up more money than food stamps stands.

In the current economy with unemployment the way it is, we shouldn't reduce food stamps.  I'd be open to expanding it so long as we did more to make sure its targeted to the people who really need it and minimize fraud.  Some of the reforms proposed lately by the House Republicans however are wrongheaded - a person should be able to put some money in savings to help them get back on their feet and still be eligible.

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Expand, but cut unemployment benefits.

So let them eat, but not pay the rent. That makes sense.

I would not have unemployment benefits for as long as we're having them, yes. If a person can't find a job in a year, they should probably get a job that's below their qualifications unfortunately.

There are those who can't find a job in a year even below their qualifications.

I do agree we need to ask whether continually extending unemployment benefits are the way to go, or we need to rethink the program to make it more conducive to people finding jobs, but I don't think just cutting the benefits makes sense with the long-term unemployment problem we have.

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Reducing unemployment benefits probably does make sense in some cases where they are getting enough that it is a disincentive for them to find work - like if they made enough in their previous job that the proportion of that they are receiving now is close to or even above lower-paying job wages. I don't think that's the case for most people though.