Unlike Walmart, its Republican-friendly rival, Costco doesn’t pay pays its employees slave wages, which in turn would force them to live on food stamps.
Despite the touted Republican policies that have had free rein in Louisiana, the state continues to lag in all metrics that matter to the middle class.
While mere mention of his name will likely bring rebuke, his policies would fit very neatly into today’s Democratic Party.
It’s so hard for some to justify low tax rates for the wealthy, their only recourse is to convince a nation that keeping its citizens from starving is a bad thing for government to do.
President Barack Obama has taken many strides towards reversing 40 years of conservative policies, let’s raise a New Years’ Toast to four more years!
There are times when all we have left is our dignity. This isn’t a time to cling to that. You have to take care of your family.
One would think now that Obama has been reelected, Republican Senate Minority Leader aMitch McConnell (R-KY), could no longer deny Obama another presidential term with flagrant obstruction.
In spite of a diligent job search, her felony conviction has made it virtually impossible to find even an entry-level job, and she can’t feed her children because she has no money and is not eligible for food stamps.
Plan B failed to pass as it was unable to get support for Boehner’s own caucus, even though the rich would still get tax cuts at the expense of the middle class and the poor.
‘I’ll be honest with you. I take so much for granted, even going to Starbucks and buying a cup of coffee is more than my daily food allowance right now.’
It goes without saying that once a woman has this ‘welfare baby,’ state and federal Republicans will do everything within their power to take away these fabulous benefits.
Walmart employees and their allies are planning as many as 1,000 actions in stores throughout the country and online on Black Friday.
To a Republican, aborting a fertilized egg is murder but withholding food from a newborn is moral. Makes perfect sense.
Taking away women’s reproductive rights is about control and so is this Pennsylvania bill. It’s no wonder that Republicans are so infatuated with rape.
As long as we can delude ourselves into classifying all people receiving some form of government assistance as ‘Others’ who don’t ‘deserve’ help, we can pretend that we will never experience a set-back in life.
Taking a sledgehammer to a list of blatant lies the right needs to tell itself to justify their selfish stupidity.
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton lived on a food stamps budget for a week and learned that ‘identifying, in a concrete way, with struggling families is an important exercise for any leader.’
All this hubbub for less than $2.00 per meal. It’s time to stop blaming the poor for your problems.
If you think I’m having a wonderful time begging for financial help from my mother while simply trying to EAT on a regular basis and while being rejected over and over and over again as I look for work, you are out of your tiny mind.
