Programs that get hit by a trigger are not necessarily the ones Obama would bargain away in a deal. The trigger list is an imperfect predictor of the ultimate hit list. So the premise that the trigger list are programs Obama wants to cut is at least questionable.
I will bet $20 (or more, if you're feeling rich and daring) that SNAP (food stamps) will not be cut in any actual deal by more than three percent (over 10 yrs, as scored by CBO). Takers? On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Eleutherios <[email protected]>wrote: > Those are targeted by Obama as recently was confirmed in public: > http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/11/12/leaked-woodward-memo-offers-road-map-on-grand-bargain/. > FDL doesn't mention food stamps, but the therein linked document lists it > (as nutrition assistance --food stamps are named the "Supplemental > Nutritional Assistance Program" [SNAP], now), among other jewels of liberal > policy achievement all on the chopping block. > > Carrol is right about what will happen if people aren't awoken (in a good > way). Chris Hedges (among others, such as Greenwald) is right about the > "liberal class". Deal or no deal, the writing is on the wall. Obama and the > Democratic leadership want these programs cut. There is elite consensus (if > not unanimity) on this. > > > On 16-Nov-12 14:21, Max Sawicky wrote: > > Very unlikely. > > Under the automatic sequestration (if there is no deal), by the way, > Medicaid and food stamps are exempt. They could still get dinged later on. > The GOP wants to turn Medicaid into a block grant, something the White > House has explicitly declared itself against, for whatever that's worth. > > But there will be a deal before Jan 1, if for nothing else to postpone any > dramatic action of any sort. > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:14 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> . . . (snip) >> It is the poor who are utterly powerless and it is likely they, not the >> "middle class" who will likely be targeted.(Medicaid, food stamps, >> unemployment insurance, welfare, etc). >> > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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