On Weekend Edition Saturday this morning, Scott Simon asked Representative Adrian Smith (R, Nebraska-3) whether he would vote for a budget that eliminated SNAP (food stamps). Smith, who supports farm subsidies, dodged the question:
SS: “Well, let me ask you this bluntly: is every American entitled to eat?”Perhaps he’s thinking of nutraloaf?
AS: “Well [laughing], nutrition, obviously, we know, is very important, and I would hope that we can look to — ”
SS: “Well, not just important; it’s essential for life. Is every American entitled to eat?”
AS: “It is essential. It is essential.”
SS: “So is every American entitled to eat, and is food stamps something that ought to be that ultimate guarantor?”
AS: “I think that we know that given the necessity of nutrition, there could be a number of ways that we can address that.”
Smith might have had a career as a character in a Dickens novel. Say, Hard Times.
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Geez. He should just be honest and say no.
But that wouldn't be Dickensian...
I guess he could say, "Let the poor die and reduce the surplus population."
Yes, though he does vaguely say that there will be food, of some sort.
I think the so-called AHCA will take care of population problems. And I can’t believe I’m making that joke in a 21st-century democracy.
Food of some sort... Soylent green!
I know--crazy that this is something we are currently joking about.
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