‘#FoodStampsForAll?’ GOP Rep. Questions Whether People Have A Right To Food

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In the spirit of the holiday season, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) wondered on Thursday whether a Democrat would run on a “food stamps for all” program, asking, “if healthcare is a right, is food as well?”

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  1. Gee I wonder what religion Mr. “Take people’s food away” legislator here probably considers himself to be. And I wonder if that particular religion had anything to say about feeding poor people.

  2. I’d be happy to lock him in my basement and feed him through a slot in the door.

    But this is Kentucky, right? The “KY” state? McConnell’s base?

    Or maybe he’s just confused about Christ’s ‘fishy’ story?

  3. Don’t know about you all, but I personally think people have a right to adequate sustenance.

    The way the Goopers go on about this, you’d think we were talking steak and lobster instead of bread and milk.

    Dickheads, the lot of ‘em.

  4. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Where do they get these guys?

  5. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

    Has Representative Massie stumped medicine and biology and come up with a way for a human being to live without food?

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