Fred Morse continues his campaign of class warfare against Senators Gregg and Sununu, this time in the July 5th Union Leader. He insists that they are elitists because they had “a disingenuous reason” for voting against “emergency food for the needy” and “food stamps allocations for the poor.” That reason was, to quote Mr. Morse, “that somewhere in the bill there were benefits for a few rich farmers.” He never mentions that “the bill” was the 290 Billion dollar pork-laden farm bill or that the “benefit” was 25 billion dollars.
It might have hamstrung his objections to site specific details, like that the bulk of recipients don’t even earn their living as farmers, or that most of that 25 billion will go to corporate farmers who earn $200,000 per year or more. He must believe we are incapable of funding these necessary programs for “the poor” without a 25 Billion dollar tip to an industry flush with cash. This is the fiscal equivalent of hiding weapons in orphanages to protect them from attack.
Mr. Morse’ hypocrisy can be further demonstrated; Imagine if our Senators had voted for a 290 billion dollar funding bill that included 25 billion dollars in subsidies to the oil companies, but just happened to have a food stamp appropriation tied to it—would he be praising them for having the sense to “provide increased food stamp allocations to people who need it?” He’d be burning them in effigy. And they’d still be elitists.
So what other detials did Mr. Morse leave out?
