joel blau wrote: > The rise of 17 million to 31 million suggests that in the aftermath of TANF, > food stamps may still be "welfare," but they are more narrowly targeted to > prevent hunger, so there is less risk the aid will be misspent. It's the > difference, writ large, between giving a homeless man five bucks & buying > him a sandwich....
the great thing about food stamps (thinking in terms of narrow interest-group politics) is that agribiz likes them. -- Jim Devine / "Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business." -- Tom Robbins _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
