Friday, May 31, 2013

Krugman on the War on the Poor, Part LXXVIII

Not an economic issue but a human one. Krugman explains what the usual suspects are up to.

And why must food stamps be cut? We can’t afford it, say politicians like Representative Stephen Fincher, a Republican of Tennessee, who backed his position with biblical quotations — and who also, it turns out, has personally received millions in farm subsidies over the years.

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