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Ridiculous to beg people to get on food stamps and tell me what you are in the enemy and home that you own and car. sign up for government benefits. >> yeah, it is horrible when you think about the original intent of the 1964 food stamp act. we have gotten so far away from it. in 2002, we spent 20.6 billion a year today in 2012, we are spening 75.8 billion on food stamps and look at the farm bill debated in the 70. 80 percent of that farm bill is food statches it is a big business industry and u...

And families with no income. but this seems to be ridiculous to beg people to get on food stamps and tell me what you are in the enemy and home that you own and car. sign up for government benefits. >> yeah, it is horrible when you think about the original intent of the 1964 food stamp act. we have gotten so far away from it. in 2002, we spent 20.6 billion a year today in 2012, we are spening 75.8 billion on food stamps and look at the farm bill debated in the 70. 80 percent of that farm bill is...

And families with no income. but this seems to be ridiculous to beg people to get on food stamps and tell me what you are in the enemy and home that you own and car. sign up for government benefits. >> yeah, it is horrible when you think about the original intent of the 1964 food stamp act. we have gotten so far away from it. in 2002, we spent 20.6 billion a year today in 2012, we are spening 75.8 billion on food stamps and look at the farm bill debated in the 70. 80 percent of that farm bill is...

Apparently, they were good at recruiting people at -- and letting them know that, in fact, you do qualify for food stamps. apparently, some people dont realize that they do. and is it the job, then, of the federal government to reach out to these people and make sure they know that they can receive these government benefits? >> and i think it even goes further than this because this particular area of the country in north carolina has, well, even the mountains of the carolinas and through that a...

Why not use it as teachable moment so they can make healthy choices and learn to make smarter choices down the road? well all win. >> heather: so far lawmakers in several states actually have unsuccessfully pushed bills to make soda, chips, candy ineligible to purchase for food stamps. its called the supplemental assistance program. and program that is administered by the u.s. department of agriculture that could be modified as part of new farm bill that is going through congress? >> we find tha...

Size of spain and congressional republicans pointed to the number 70, the percent of increase in 2011 in the s.n.a.p. program and 78 billion, a high in annual spending on food assistance, which has more than doubled in that same period, making s.n.a.p. the second largest social safety net program behind medicaid. it makes up 80% of farm bill spending, so republicans call for billions to be cut in aid for the hungry, he called it modest reform. which led senate democrats to point to a few numbers...

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Federal s.n.a.p. program, formerly known at food stamps. the agriculture committee inspired by paul ryans budget approved a bill cutting food ç star stamps and and pennies compared to the cuts proposed under ryans budget plan totals more than $130 billion over ten years. digging into the data on food stamps s.n.a.p. . theyre trying to get away from the term. lets stipulate well call it s.n.a.p. . stipulated. >> no. >> no? you like food stamps. the data is shocking in terms of the rise of the p...

>> now, perhaps predictably, your house colleague, congresswoman michele bachmann was outraged about comments saying that stay at home moms dont work. take a listen to what she said on "meet the press." >> insulting women who make the choices to stay at home and care for their children. i think we need to lift up women that take on the most difficult job in the world. >> she wants to lift up women. do you think shes going to reach across the aisle and support this bill? >> well, its not only thi...

>> and dont forget, once again he destroys medicare as we know it. turns it into a voucher program, meaning that seniors would have to go out and find insurance. oh, he says that they can go to medicare. but its still a voucher that doesnt keep up with medical inflation. and so, medicare as we know it would be ending. but the food stamp or snap program would also be cut and the requirement, if you want to get on food stamps, would be that you have to have a look far job or have job training. wha...