Re: [Pen-l] 31 million on food stamps

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

me:
>> the great thing about food stamps (thinking in terms of narrow
>> interest-group politics) is that agribiz likes them.

joel blau wrote:
> Yes, that's critical. And no wonder--it's a "welfare" program run out of the
> Department of Agriculture. The auspices make a huge difference, because as
> with other such programs, the point is to satisfy hunger without impinging
> on profits. The fact that it is lodged in the DOA ensures that agricultural
> interests will alway be well-protected.

This means that poor people could lobby for a new welfare program
where some important sector of industry would benefit from hiring them
and would thus lobby for the continuation of that program... oops,
that's what TANF and the EITC are about, no? providing a pool of
low-wage labor?
-- 
Jim Devine / "Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing
in government and business."  -- Tom Robbins
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