QOTD -- Are There No Workhouses?

 

"Republican governors in 15 states are rejecting a new federally funded program to give food assistance to hungry children during the summer months, denying benefits to 8 million children across the country.

"The program is expected to serve 21 million youngsters starting around June, providing $2.5 billion in relief across the country.

"The governors have given varying reasons for refusing to take part, from the price tag to the fact that the final details of the plan have yet to be worked out. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said she saw no need to add money to a program that helps food-insecure youths 'when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.' Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) said bluntly, 'I don’t believe in welfare.'” (our emphasis) -- news article by Annie Gowan, Washington Post, illustrating the social Darwinist philosophy of the Christofascist Republican Party, a.k.a., the "party of life," a.k.a., the "party of the working class." Despicable hacks.