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Acid Trip
08-16-2011, 07:06 PM
Using this explanation it appears to me that all Americans should be receiving food stamps. Another of Obama's cronies said unemployment was also stimulus. So we should all quit our jobs and get on food stamps for the betterment of our nation. You heard it here first.

Food Stamps are a Stimulus


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/16/obama_ag_secretary_vilsack_food_stamps_are_a_stimu lus.html

Obama's Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack: "Well, obviously, it's putting people to work. Which is why we're going to have some interesting things in the course of the forum this morning. Later this morning, we're going have a press conference with Secretary Mavis and Secretary Chu to announce something that's never happened in this country -- something that we think is exciting in terms of job growth. I should point out, when you talk about the SNAP program or the foot stamp program, you have to recognize that it's also an economic stimulus. Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity. If people are able to buy a little more in the grocery store, someone has to stock it, package it, shelve it, process it, ship it. All of those are jobs. It's the most direct stimulus you can get in the economy during these tough times."

PorkChopSandwiches
08-16-2011, 07:10 PM
:facepalm:

Acid Trip
08-16-2011, 07:15 PM
:facepalm:

I mean, does this guy realize that a person with an actual job (where the income is taxed) is the one paying for the food stamps they give out? Maybe he thinks the food stamp program is funded by sunshine and smiles.

Muddy
08-16-2011, 07:16 PM
I have a few smiles I can donate...

http://www.backtracks.net/Webbios/Images/CodyLundin.jpg

PorkChopSandwiches
08-16-2011, 07:17 PM
I mean, does this guy realize that a person with an actual job (where the income is taxed) is the one paying for the food stamps they give out? Maybe he thinks the food stamp program is funded by sunshine and smiles.



They must. Didnt they just say unemployment was stimulus as well. I think, they think, redistribution is stimulus.

Teh One Who Knocks
08-16-2011, 07:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag93LcdYIvg

Acid Trip
08-16-2011, 07:47 PM
I have a few smiles I can donate...

http://www.backtracks.net/Webbios/Images/CodyLundin.jpg

I like that guy. He's crazy as fuck for always going barefoot but to each his own.

Acid Trip
08-16-2011, 07:49 PM
They must. Didnt they just say unemployment was stimulus as well. I think, they think, redistribution is stimulus.

If being unemployed and on food stamps is such a boost to our economy then I'm doing it wrong. I have a feeling you are too.

PorkChopSandwiches
08-16-2011, 07:55 PM
Im am failing miserably

RBP
08-16-2011, 08:21 PM
Why isn't defense spending ever called stimulous?

PorkChopSandwiches
08-16-2011, 08:25 PM
Because all of our troops spend their money in the countries they are stationed in :lol:

Muddy
08-16-2011, 08:25 PM
Why isn't defense spending ever called stimulous?

Good question, stick.

Acid Trip
08-16-2011, 09:08 PM
Because all of our troops spend their money in the countries they are stationed in :lol:

So if we brought them home and defended our borders from illegals we would be stimulating the economy. Let's do it!

I wonder how many jobs at Skunkworks and Northrup Grumman would be lost if we dialed back military spending.

FBD
08-17-2011, 01:58 AM
Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity.

:roll: and every metric ton of CO2 produces .0002 degrees of warming!

really, if you're going to write bad equations, at least make them believable.

Loser
08-17-2011, 02:31 AM
http://i53.tinypic.com/10zq0ly.jpg