Republicans Insist on "Weigh-Ins" for Food Stamp Recipients...

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WTF?

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In a bid to curtail waste and fraud within the welfare system, prominent Republicans have come forth with a plan to weigh members of households that receive food stamp benefits. Although details are sketchy as of this writing, the plan, according to an anonymous source, would require monthly "weigh ins" for all members of any household receiving food stamps, with the amount of the monthly benefit being tied to a combination of "ideal weights" and weight gain.

Households whose members gain weight in any given month would see their food stamp benefits reduced, as would households whose members consistently weigh an as yet to be determined percentage above their "ideal weight" as defined by the FDA, the source said.


http:www.notareallinkbecausethisissatire.com/weight

[virgogal]

1. Funny !

[Confusious]

2. Nice. If you put on weight we'll starve you

If you have a glandular problem, you are fucked.

Oh, satire. Well, it's sad, because these days, I can see it being true.

[DJ13]

3. Lets start with Governors, base their pay on weight

[RKP5637]

7. Definitely this one is the XXX Largest size. n/t

[Quantess]

4. Don't give them ideas!

:)

[jdadd]

5. Poor people will gain weight

From eating a poor diet full of carbs and starches, in order to stretch the food dollar....

[FarCenter]

9. Carbs and starches are good for you

Complex carbohydrates and starches are polymers of glucose. The digestive system readily breaks these down to simple glucose molecules and they are directly available to provide energy to the body.

High levels of protein are a problem, because the body doesn't store much protein and any that you consume in excess of the small daily amounts needed to replace the protein that is lost must be metabolized in the liver and burned.

Fat and sugar in excess of current requirements can be stored as fat, but both fats and the fructose found in HFCS and cane sugar are also metabolized in the liver before being stored.

So "Eat food, mostly plants, not too much".

[Me.]

6. Is This A Joke?

Link doesn't work

Edited...read what the link says...but can something actually be funny if it cuts so close to the bone of actual reality?

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8. .

read the link

[bbgrunt]

10. i don't believe this will be considered satire for long

[Webster Green]

11. It's very sad that I was actually buying into this.

I would expect something like that from the pukes.

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12. yeah, that was kinda my point...nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Self delete

[cutlassmama]

14. wouldn't surprise me if this was real