Obama Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack "Food Stamps Are A Stimulus and Creating Jobs"

[TheDebra5553]

Can you believe this twisted form of logic? It is insane to believe we are stimulating the economy with dollars we don't have to spare. And they call us uneducated!!!! Go figure.

[trick29420]

"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul." – George Bernard Shaw

[DOHC2L]

I've never heard a more rediculous argument than this one: Food stamps are economic stimulus. What a bunch of bullshit. Americans are NOT stupid enough to believe this.

[trick29420]

@DOHC2L You sure about that?

[DOHC2L]

@trick29420 I have a degree in economics.

[trick29420]

@DOHC2L I meant are you sure Americans aren't stupid enough to believe it. Though, your economics degree is of no importance to me.

[SnowBrigade822]

I know that the Obama cool-aid is very strong, but it has GOT to be incredibly hard to defend this one. Seriously? "More people on food stamps" does not even belong in the same sentence as "Economic Growth". I HAVE to see the white house press secretary try and defend this absolute joke.

[NCMan28025]

Obama and Democrats have claimed that unemployment checks and foods stamps create jobs. If this were true, unemployment would be lower since we have record long-term unemployment and record food stamp usage. Liberal logic is insanity.

[qualqui]

LMAO!!! These governmint bureaucrats are totally clueless, as long as they have their upscale lifestyles, the rest is beyond them! =P

[Firesprink72]

For every dollar we spend in food stamps, we get back $1.84 into the economy? Why don't we just spend $100 Trillion on food stamps, then we can all be OPRAH RICH!!!

This administration has no clue, and no plan. Every "gimmick" that Obama uses on the economy is based upon his ideology and not on economics. When his gimmicks don't work, he says its because we didn't do it enough.

We need more jobs and more investment, be all he's doing is punishing business and investors.

[iwanttocrashmybike]

FoodStamps Create Economic Growth:

Because the most needy get some of the Tax money back from those Banking Governments.The Taxs are obviously already payed.However the program is being used to socially engineer a uneducated & unhealthy(fast food is cheaper than organic food).So if the poor had the FS to buy Organic Food they would become Healthier,healthy people want to Become Educated & Employed.

[joeunplugged6244]

Every $1 spent generates $1.84 in economic activity... unless I'm missing something, that is totally irrational. How does that work? If it's true then everyone should get food stamps!!! Let's just step back and think about this. Everyone needs to eat, those on food stamps must have been eating prior to food stamps, so HOW do food stamps generate MORE activity at the grocery store? Where these people growing their own food?? This is just a Ponzy scheme!!

[iwanttocrashmybike]

@joeunplugged6244 FoodStamps Create Economic Growth:

Because the most needy get some of the Tax money back from those Banking Governments.The Taxs are obviously already payed.However the program is being used to socially engineer a uneducated & unhealthy(fast food is cheaper than organic food).So if the poor had the FS to buy Organic Food they would become Healthier,healthy people want to Become Educated & Employed.

[choctaw713]

YEP!! Obama controls the food (gets millions on food stamps) then controls the guns (magazines, amounts of ammo and the types of guns), then Obama controls the people!!

[9971explorer]

Deaths create jobs for Morticians. But it is not anything to be bragging about.

[deadman12078]

He has it backwards. For every dollar spent in the form of food stamps it costs the taxpayer $1.84.

Here in New York they are advertising foodstamps! I hear the ads at least 3-4 times a day while commuting or working.

[TheOuskie]

i don't understand why this guy is the AG secretary, he was a lawyer before politics. then again i do understand why, he is a lawyer.

[TheMidnightRider11]

@TheOuskie The Entire Obama Administration are nothing but Peice of Shit lawyers...What do you expect?

[USoSilly2Me]

These people are totally wacky.

[TheMidnightRider11]

@USoSilly2Me Beyond Whacky....CLUELESS!!!!!!!

[USoSilly2Me]

@TheMidnightRider11 Sorta like Vonhelton huh.....lmao...!!!

[TheMidnightRider11]

@USoSilly2Me Yep....

[gardengirl94518]

he is kidding right!

food stamps=jobs!!

Liar-Liar