DONALD TRUMP HAS ROLLED OUT HIS
RECENT BUDGET PROPOSAL AND OF COURSE, IT INCLUDES DEEP CUTS TO
SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL SAFETY NETS INCLUDING MEDICARE
AND MEDICAID.
ANOTHER TARGET FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM WHICH LOW INCOME FAMILIES RELY ON IN ORDER
TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
RECENTLY MICK MULVANEY WHO IS THE WHITE HOUSE BUDGET
DIRECTOR WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE
AND LISTEN TO THE PROPOSAL THAT HE JUST MADE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
WHAT WE DO IS PROPOSE THAT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ON FOOD
STAMPS PART NOT ALL, PART OF THEIR BENEFITS COME AN
ACTUAL SORT OF, AND WANT TO STILL SOMEBODY'S COPYRIGHT,
BUT A BLUE APRON TYPE PROGRAM WHERE YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVE
THE FOOD INSTEAD OF RECEIVE THE CASH.
IT LOWERS THE COST TO US BECAUSE WE CAN BUY PRICES AT
WHOLESALE WEST THEY HAVE TO BUY IN RETAIL.
IT ALSO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING THE TRICIA SPEED SO
WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO HE USED THE BRAND BLUE APRON WHICH BY THE WAY, DELIVERS
FRESH INGREDIENTS TO CONSUMERS WHO PURCHASE THEIR PRODUCT BUT
THAT IS NOT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN UNDER THE MODEL THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING.
KEEP IN MIND:
SO IF YOU THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD DELIVER FRESH,
DELICIOUS FOOD TO PEOPLE WHO NEED FOOD STAMPS, OF COURSE
YOU
WOULD BE WRONG.
SO WHAT FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF NONPERISHABLE FOOD
ITEMS?
ARE THOSE FRESH FOODS THAT ARE HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS
FOR PEOPLE?
OF COURSE NOT.
ONLY CANNED ONES.
BECAUSE CANNED MEATS, CANNED FRUIT AND CANNED VEGETABLES
ARE REALLY NUTRITIOUS FOR YOU.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS, WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND
THEN I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU ON WHY IT IS NOT GOING TO PASS.
IT'S A TWO FOR ON WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS.
ONE, THEY CUT THE
BUDGET SO THEY GIVE AWAY ALL THIS MONEY TO THE RICH AND THEIR
TAX-CUT SO THEY NEED TO FIND THE MONEY SOMEWHERE SO THEY'RE GOING
TO TAKE IT FROM THE POOR.
YOU NEED $90 A MONTH.
$90 A MONTH FOR YOUR FAMILY.
LIVING HIGH UP.
GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU.
EVERYBODY IN THE TOP 1%
GOT A TAX BREAK OF OVER $50,000 PER YEAR.
THE RICH GET 50,000 A
YEAR, FOR YOU THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR $90 BECAUSE THEY
HAVE TO MAKE IT UP.
NUMBER TWO IS IT IS GOING TO DO CRONY
CAPITALISM.
THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE IT TO WHOEVER GIVES THE
MORE DONATIONS.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE THE
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TO GET THIS FOOD.
THEY SAY LOOK, IT COULD
CUT THE PRICE ON ALL OF THIS FOOD BECAUSE AT LEAST WE'RE
BUYING AT WHOLESALE.
THAT SEEMS TO MAKE SOME SENSE, INSTEAD OF
RETAIL BUT WAIT, HOW ABOUT DISTRIBUTION?
NORMALLY WHEN YOU
GIVE THEM THE COUPON PEOPLE GO BY THERE ON THEIR OWN ANY DON'T
HAVE TO DELIVER THE FOOD TO THEM.
THAT IS ABOUT A THIRD OF
THE COST FOR BLUE APRON AS AN EXAMPLE.
OF ALL THEIR CAUSES
JUST DISTRIBUTION.
THERE GOES A LOT OF YOUR SAVINGS FROM
WHOLESALE VERSUS RETAIL AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HOW ABOUT IF
THERE PERSON IS A DIABETIC OR SENIOR CITIZEN OR KIDS.
THEY
NEED DIFFERENT FOOD.
THE LOGISTICS OF TRYING TO FIGURE
THAT OUT IS A NIGHTMARE.
YOU KNOW THAT WE DO?
GOVERNMENT
BUREAUCRACY AND BIG GOVERNMENT.
SO IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
IT
IS GOING TO COST YOU MORE MONEY NOT LESS.
IS THAT WHY IT IS NOT
GOING TO PASS?
NO.
THEY DO THAT FOR CRONY CAPITALISM IN A 2ND.
NO, IT IS NOT GOING TO PASS FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, THEY ARE
SIMPLY TOO MANY AMERICANS ON FOOD STAMPS AND A LOT OF THEM
ARE REPUBLICANS SO IN PLACES LIKE WEST VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY,
ARKANSAS, AND KEEPING IT REAL THEY'RE GOING TO GO WAY, YOU'RE
GOING TO CUT MY FOOD STAMPS?
I HAVE A DOLLAR 50 EXTRA ON THE
TAX CUTS PER WEEK BUT I JUST LOST ALL THE MONEY ON FOOD
STAMPS.
I DO NOT LIKE THAT.
THEY TRIED TOLD IN TEXAS AND
PEOPLE REBELLED AND THEN THE SECOND AND MORE IMPORTANT REASON
WHY IT IS NOT GOING TO PASS, YOU KNOW WHO IS AGAINST IT?
WALMART,
TARGET, AND ALL THE OTHER GIANT STORES.
A HUGE PORTION OF THEIR REVENUE COMES FROM FOOD STAMP
RECIPIENTS SO THEY ARE ALREADY GOING AFTER THE GOVERNMENT OVER
THIS PROPOSAL SO NORMAL YOU GET YOUR FOOD STAMP AND YOU GO TO
WALMART PROBABLY WHERE YOU WORK BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY YOU
ENOUGH FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT FOOD STAMPS AND
THEN YOU SPEND THEM AT WALMART.
IF THE GOVERNMENT SENT TO THE
FOOD THAT YOU CANNOT SHOP AT WALMART.
WALMART IS A GIANT
LOBBYIST.
THEY ARE GOING TO SEND ALL OF THEIR GUYS TO LOBBY
AND THEY ARE GOING TO BUY ALL OF THOSE POLITICIANS AND MAKE SURE
THEY KILL THIS BILL.
THAT IS MY GUESS AS TO HOW IT WILL GO DOWN,
BUT IS ANOTHER TERRIBLE REPUBLICAN TRICK TO REDISTRIBUTE
THE WEALTH FROM THE AVERAGE AND POOR AMERICANS TO THE VERY TOP.
ALSO, I ALSO ALWAYS FIND IT FASCINATING HOW THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY CONSISTENTLY ARGUES THAT AMERICANS NEED LESS GOVERNMENT
IN THEIR LIVES.
THEY NEED LESS OF THE NANNY STATE, LESS OF THE
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY AT THE SAME TIME, THEY PROPOSE
RIDICULOUS THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE THEM
PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT YOU EAT IF YOU DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH
MONEY TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND BY THE
WAY, SOME MIGHT SAY WELL, IF YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU
NEED FOOD STAMPS AND YOU ARE USING GOVERNMENT MONEY, MAYBE
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T
EAT BUT THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE
FULL-TIME JOBS AND THEY STILL DON'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR KIDS.
THAT IS THE REAL ISSUE
HERE.
THE FACT THAT WE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THE US
AND THEIR PAID SO LITTLE, THEY ARE NOT PAID A LIVING WAGE AND
THESE CORPORATIONS HAVE TO BE SUBSIDIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN
THE FORM OF FOOD STAMPS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
THIS SYSTEM IS SO MESSED UP.
SO ALL OF THOSE TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THEY SEE ON FOOD
STAMPS DO NOT THINK THAT THEY ARE ALL SITTING ON THEIR
COUCHES AND WATCHING TV AND THEY ARE LAZY.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS THE.
THAT'S RIGHT, AND THEY STILL CAN'T AFFORD IT.
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