The program—part of federal assistance made available during the pandemic—would help families whose children are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches at school.
States that participate in the federal program are required to cover half of the administrative costs, which would cost Nebraska an estimated $300,000. Advocates of the program note that the administrative cost is far outweighed by the $18 million benefit, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates would benefit 175,000 Nebraska children who might otherwise go hungry on some days during the summer.
Imagine being such a reprehensible monster that you'd let 175k children in your state starve rather than participate in a federal program that'd help feed them when school is out each summer. It's unconscionable.
I think the best course of action would be to reframe their thinking, instead of allowing things to keep in being called subsidies, force them to try to clarify the difference between a subsidy and welfare. Ie, farming subsidy? You mean farming welfare. Banking subsidy? You mean banking welfare. Did you know that Boeing Corp has received $15 Billion in subsidies not paid back? You mean $15 Billion in welfare, they in fact, received nearly $75 Billion in welfare, most of that welfare being received since 2000, and of that ~$75 Billion in welfare received, they actually paid back ~$60 Billion. So they received $15 Billion dollars in welfare from the US taxpayers. They are by no means the sole corporate beneficiary of welfare from the taxpayers, just the first one I stumbled upon. Point being, force the language to reflect what they hate so their hypocrisy can be exposed and other people's eyes can be opened. Most people don't know exactly what a subsidy is, they think there is some sort of justification for it that makes it beyond criticizing, a subsidy is just welfare for corporations or farms to keep them in business, we want them in business, sure, but we also want kids to be able to eat over the summer, and if farms and Boeing and banks are deserving of welfare from the government, and hence from the US taxpayers, why aren't kids?
subsidies for very profitable corporations: a-ok !
tax cuts for people with more money than they could ever actually spend: you betcha!
the welfare jobs program we call 'the united states military': ha, no reductons there, ever!
human beings who need to eat food: go fuck yourself
the lack of empathy in the republican party is so stark its hard to fathom.
They’d hate that too. Then GOP hates the word “subsidy” when it’s associated with something they don’t like. Example: subsidies for transitioning to green technology.
Maybe they need to frame it as a subsidy for grocery stores and large food businesses, it just takes a temporary detour though somebodies bank account to get to the intended recipient.
It's also amusing that such a federal policy would actually help stimulate their economy because poor people are always forced to spend all their money but he's too blind in his hatred for poor people that he can't see the economic benefits to business in his state that it would bring. Business groups should be calling for his scalp too.
Ohh, so when I say, "I don't believe in god" and you still force your Christian morality on me that's OK. When you "don't believe" in a real tangible thing that helps countless numbers of people you can just hand wave that away.
Good to know the douche bag demographic is still overly represented in every facet of American life.
When these jerks talk about "freedom", they don't mean it in the sense that normal people think about it. Normal people think freedom means that I, as a free citizen in a secular nation, can ignore the xtian cult's demands on what I'm required to do if I so wish, but governments (local and federal) may seek to provide services for their citizens.
For them, "freedom" means they get to dictate that everyone bend the knee to their little book club and other people's kids starve so that taxes are as low as possible (for the rich - regressive taxes on the poor and middle class can be high AF).
“I know the governor a little bit, and he seems to be a reasonable man. He’s a man who is compassionate in conversation,” Love said. “This is out of character. So, obviously, he’s not following his heart. He’s following his politics. He’s falling victim to political posturing, and there’s no excuse for that when it comes to children.”
No, he is not reasonable or compassionate. His actions speak louder than any words he uses sounding like reason or compassion.
I live in NYC and my son attends public school. The availability of food to all children just feels right. I know that means my taxes are higher than they would be otherwise, but nutrition is so damn important to a child’s development.
This isn’t welfare. This is caring for children. I’m sure this jackass has a “keep Christ in Christmas” sticker somewhere.
That’s the thing, taxes would be lower if it was spent on society, education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc instead of stadiums and police. This is proven fact, not some ethical debate.
And its only administrative costs: the federal government would be paying for the program. He doesn’t want to pay for someone to coordinate and do the paperwork for someone else to feed his state’s disadvantaged program. He doesn’t want to pay for someone to run a program to bring like 50 times the spending into his state
I see he also self identifies as a Christian... I'm not one to judge, but I once read that countries with the word "democratic" in their names seldom were.
The way that he is opting out is by refusing to spend the ~$300k that is the federal government's requirement to be part of the grant program. I wonder if it would be possible to do an end run around that waste of oxygen, and have a charity raise the ~$300k and accept the $18m the federal government is offering, to be distributed by the charity instead...
He spent more money sending troops to the border as a publicity stunt. Blaming the poor has always been an effective tactic to divert attention away from their groveling to the wealthy.
And they will all end up just as reprehensible and disillusioned as he is when they get older, most likely. And theyll be all greased up and ready to get in the same positions that this dickhead served in. Its all about who you know after all. Yay progress!
much of that extra grocery money would have ended up in the corporate pockets of nebraska's food producers..... not thinking of the children or the corporations here.
Americans need to start going to these politician's homes. Don't protest at city Hall, protest in their yard. Make sure their rich neighbors hate it and are inconvenienced. Any time they go out to get coffee or sit down at a restaurant, harass them until they leave. These fucks should get no peace.
Jim has dedicated himself to community involvement including:
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St. Isidore’s Church
Scotus Central Catholic High School Endowment Board
St. Augustine Mission Board of Directors
Chair of TeamMates Mentoring Program Foundation Board of Directors
Columbus Family YMCA Past President
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Past President
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Board Member
Past Chair of Columbus Community Hospital Board of Directors
Archdiocese Ignite the Faith campaign
Christians Encounter Christ (CEC)
Movement
Youth for Christ Mission
AKSARBEN Foundation
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration Advisory Board, University of Nebraska Board of Regents where he represents 15 counties in northeast Nebraska and served as Chair in 2020
Nothing we do gets us the Grace of God. We can’t DO anything to deserve it. It is just given.
Why is this a given? And if it is, why would that ever be a good thing? Sounds like a real prick move to me. All knowing God making humans irredeemable from the start, knowing everything that was going to come.
Something tells me this guy is about to learn about all the poor Iowa residents who don't believe in letting piece of shit politicians continue to breathe.
Feeding children is an investment in the future. It's in our economic best interest that new humans are educated, be in good health during adolescence, and are allowed to explore "The New".
Well, at least Pillen is more honest than Iowa, who tried to make excuses on why. Pillen just openly states that he hates poor people because he's a POS.
"I know the governor a little bit, and he seems to be a reasonable man. He's a man who is compassionate in conversation," Love said. "This is out of character..."
Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.
That statement came as advocates for children and low-income families held a news conference outside the Governor’s Mansion in Lincoln to call on Pillen to change his mind before the Jan. 1 deadline to sign up for the program.
The program — part of federal assistance made available during the COVID-19 pandemic — would provide pre-loaded EBT cards to families whose children are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches at school.
Many of those who signed the petition also included comments expressing how much the program is needed, especially in light of multi-year inflation that has outpaced many household incomes.
Pillen insisted Friday that the state would continue to help food-insecure children through the Summer Food Service Program, which provides meals and snacks at various sites when school is not in session.
Preston Love Jr,, a longtime community advocate in Omaha, on Friday questioned whether Pillen was bowing to political pressure in rejecting the federal funding.
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