Kudos to the Tea Party and other Republicans in the House for their heroic efforts to limit food stamps.
They are a waste of money, and really don’t help anybody. The poor are poor before they receive food stamps, and they are still poor afterwards, though they might be a bit less hungry.
Besides, a lot of them squander the aid on unhealthy food like milk and bread.
We can learn a lot from India which has a lot of poor people. They don’t provide a lot of assistance, relying instead on the magic of the free market to solve the problem. (Chris Hedges)
For example, in Mumbai, a whole new hierarchy of entrepreneurial enterprisers has sprung up.