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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/25/dick-cheney-loves-war-hates-food-stamps.html


Appearing on Fox News’s “Hannity,” he said President Barack Obama “would rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops.

"To be clear, this is supposed to be an insult. If you were watching the interview, you were supposed to snort at the idea that you would use taxpayer dollars for food assistance, and not weapons.


Again, this isn’t so hard to understand if you grasp Cheney’s moral calculus. In his mind, America’s security is so threatened that wars, and high military spending, are always justified. At most, there’s more room for tax cuts, which for Cheney are always necessary. Food stamps—i.e. feeding poor people—are a lower priority, if they’re on the radar at all. And if tax cuts crowd out spending on food assistance, then it’s hard to see that the former vice president would have a problem with it.


What Cheney doesn’t seem to realize is that military families are key beneficiaries of food stamp spending. According to the Defense Department, military families spent more than $100 million in food stamps at military grocery stores last year. What’s more, in any given month, 900,000 veterans nationwide lived in households that relied on SNAP to provide food for their families. This is disgraceful—if you serve our country, your family should have enough to live on—but, for now, as it was during the Bush years, it's the status quo.


Which is to say this: Dick Cheney is happy to send men and women to war, but angry that they—or anyone else—would try to feed their families with government help."

I think Dick should just stick to what he does best, shooting lawyers.
 
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Yawn.

Just curious where all the threads are that you started when Joe Biden said something totally fucked up - or when Joe Biden cheated or plagiarized something?
 

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Yawn.

Just curious where all the threads are that you started when Joe Biden said something totally fucked up - or when Joe Biden cheated or plagiarized something?

Double Yawn. Biden is a twit, Cheney is a lying asshole. Any other questions?
 
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Appearing on Fox News’s “Hannity,” he said President Barack Obama “would rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops.

"To be clear, this is supposed to be an insult. If you were watching the interview, you were supposed to snort at the idea that you would use taxpayer dollars for food assistance, and not weapons.


Again, this isn’t so hard to understand if you grasp Cheney’s moral calculus. In his mind, America’s security is so threatened that wars, and high military spending, are always justified. At most, there’s more room for tax cuts, which for Cheney are always necessary. Food stamps—i.e. feeding poor people—are a lower priority, if they’re on the radar at all. And if tax cuts crowd out spending on food assistance, then it’s hard to see that the former vice president would have a problem with it.


What Cheney doesn’t seem to realize is that military families are key beneficiaries of food stamp spending. According to the Defense Department, military families spent more than $100 million in food stamps at military grocery stores last year. What’s more, in any given month, 900,000 veterans nationwide lived in households that relied on SNAP to provide food for their families. This is disgraceful—if you serve our country, your family should have enough to live on—but, for now, as it was during the Bush years, it's the status quo.


Which is to say this: Dick Cheney is happy to send men and women to war, but angry that they—or anyone else—would try to feed their families with government help."

I think Dick should just stick to what he does best, shooting lawyers.

I'll start off by saying I can't stand Dick Cheney and have no use for his opinions, however, this hit piece totally bastardizes what he said. It's intellectually dishonest.
 

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I agree, cut off Obamaphone woman and give that money to veterans. Only military families should qualify for foodstamps because they have EARNED it.

Why waste precious resources on people who contribute ABSOLUTELY NOTHING EXCEPT VOTING TO STEAL OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY?

National defense is a core constitutional function of government - socialism ain't.
 

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I'll start off by saying I can't stand Dick Cheney and have no use for his opinions, however, this hit piece totally bastardizes what he said. It's intellectually dishonest.

that is who leftists are and what they do.

These simpletons can't engage what Cheney said.

I do rather enjoy the fact they are trumpeting that military members are on food stamps.

In earnest seriousness, no less.
 
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I'll start off by saying I can't stand Dick Cheney and have no use for his opinions, however, this hit piece totally bastardizes what he said. It's intellectually dishonest.

Sounds like the thread title needs to be changed to: RDTrains is confused.
 

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How many people would have benefited from the money thrown at Solyndra etc. That is part of the reason for the cuts. Global Warming don't your know. LOL
 

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Sounds like the thread title needs to be changed to: RDTrains is confused.

Nope. I know that food stamps unfortunately are needed by many returning vets. Apparently Trickey Dick did not.

Shotgun Dick's Halliburton made $39.5 billion on his misadventure in Iraq. How many food stamps would that buy?
 

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Nope. I know that food stamps unfortunately are needed by many returning vets. Apparently Trickey Dick did not.

Shotgun Dick's Halliburton made $39.5 billion on his misadventure in Iraq. How many food stamps would that buy?

Showing once again your confusion. Nixon just rolled over.
 

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Nope. I know that food stamps unfortunately are needed by many returning vets. Apparently Trickey Dick did not.

Shotgun Dick's Halliburton made $39.5 billion on his misadventure in Iraq. How many food stamps would that buy?

Nowhere, anywhere at all, did Cheney say or imply he did not know "returning vets" are on food stamps.

Further, Cheney had absolutely nothing to do with Halliburton at the time OIF began.

Again, people like you simply can not make a post on political topics without lying.
 

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Nowhere, anywhere at all, did Cheney say or imply he did not know "returning vets" are on food stamps.

Further, Cheney had absolutely nothing to do with Halliburton at the time OIF began.

Again, people like you simply can not make a post on political topics without lying.


Thanks for making my point for me, Putz. He DIDN'T know. Too easy.
 

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