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n ‘Portland Observer Black History Month
February 24, 2010
O p in io n a r tic le s d o n o t n e c e s s a r ily r e p r e s e n t th e v ie w s o f th e
P o r tla n d O b s e r v e r We w e lc o m e r e a d e r e s s a y s , p h o to s a n d
s to r y id e a s. S u b m it to n e w s @ p o r tla n d o b s e r v e r .c o m .
A GOP Leader’s Economic Plan:
Taking food
from the poor
risk o fcreatin g an entire class, a subset
o f people, ju s t co m fo rtab le getting by
living o ff the governm ent."
Com fortable? W hen was the last time
this p am pered law m ak er experienced
the "com forts" o fth e food stam p life?
L inder's been "living o f f the g o v ern ­
Perhaps this multi-millionaire has for­
gotten that W ashington tried that plan
throughout the last decade-a decade in
w hich there w as no net-job creation,
by J im H ightower
w ages p lum m eted, m iddle-class in­
T hose w ho say that Republ ican C on­
com es d eclined, health care costs
gress critters are ju s t a gag g le o f
soared, housing prices tum bled, and
naysaying boneheads with no econom ic m ent" for 18 years, but at the high end­
m illionsoffam ilies fell into poverty.
plan o fth eir ow n haven't been listening d raw in g $ 174,000 a y ear in pay, plus
So that "subset o f people" on food
to Rep. John Linder.
su b sid ized health care and a fat p en ­ stam ps w ho L inder d enigrates is actu ­
T his G eorgia rig h t-w in g er is irked sion.
ally his ow n spaw n. T he food stam p
that America's food-stamp program will
So w hat's his eco n o m ic plan: "Y ou program has had to grow b ecause the
grow to m ore than $60 billion this year. im p ro v e the eco n o m y by low ering tinkle-dow n econom y that he pushed
"T his is craziness," L inder barked to a tax es," he explains. T hat's his w hole
w recked A m erica's m iddle class.
N ew Y ork T im es reporter. "W e're at plan.
In d eed , talk a b o u t a su b se t, th e re
N o r To WcRGY, PÈCPL&
O F HAÍTÍ, HELP
"THE UNVfec STATES
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are n o w so m e six m illio n A m eric an s
w ho are living entirely on food stam ps-
th e y 'v e lo st th e ir jo b s an d h a v e no
o th e r in co m e. T h a t's o n e in e v e ry 50
o f us, an d th e ir n u m b e r c o n tin u e s to
grow rapidly.
L inder and his ilk have not hesitated
to throw hundreds o fb i 11 ions o f our tax
dollars at failed W all S treet bankers.
But he w ould literally take the food out
o f the m ouths o f people in real need.
T hat's not a plan, it's a scandal.
Jim Hightower is a national radio
commentator, writer and public
speaker.
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