Speaker Pelosi "If you want to create jobs, the quickest way to do it is to provide more funding for food stamps and hav

[Trouble]

I'm transcribing the video so I can't provide a cite for that exact quote, but if you do a search, you will find reporting on her words. If you can find the full quote, look for the part where she says that conservative economists gave her that advice.

[RgrF]

Good thing for us that Slash/Trouble doesn't have an agenda.

[Acer]

At a press conference in her home town of San Francisco, Pelosi explained that the program's multiplier effect –the amount of money generated in the local economy as the result of the subsidy– far exceeds the nearly $60 billion spent this year by the federal government and is a sure-fire way to stimulate the economy. For every dollar a person receives in food stamps, Pelosi said that $1.79 is put back into the economy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture cites an even higher figure of $1.84.

"It is the biggest bang for the buck when you do food stamps and unemployment insurance. The biggest bang for the buck," she said.
Gingrich on Tuesday wrote a letter critical of the Democrats' stewardship of the economy and urged all Republican candidates to shape the political debate as one "between the Democratic Party of food stamps and the Republican Party of paychecks.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/201...od-stamps/

[Acer]

More from the same report:

The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 41.8 million in July and approximately one in eight Americans participate in the program, according to the USDA, with the average household subsidy receiving $294 a month.

$294 a month, basically the value of the crumbs beneath the rich man's table.

And $60 billion is what fraction of a trillion dollar budget?

I'm all for encouraging people to take care of themselves, but it's hard to complain about food stamps without sounding like a selfish bastard.

[$tevie]

Acer wrote: Gingrich on Tuesday wrote a letter critical of the Democrats' stewardship of the economy and urged all Republican candidates to shape the political debate as one "between the Democratic Party of food stamps and the Republican Party of paychecks.

Newt asks and Trouble acts. He's a good little DooBee.

[Ted King]

Is this what you are referring to:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/...39399.html

[Trouble]

Acer wrote: I'm all for encouraging people to take care of themselves, but it's hard to complain about food stamps without sounding like a selfish bastard.

If your comment was directed at me, I'm not complaining about food stamps. I'm just pointing out Pelosi's warped view of the the quickest way to create jobs.

[Trouble]

Ted King wrote:
Is this what you are referring to:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/...39399.html

Nah. The video of the Speaker was from the 6th.

[Ted King]

Trouble wrote:
[quote=Ted King]
Is this what you are referring to:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/...39399.html

Nah. The video of the Speaker was from the 6th.
Did she say something different on the 6th than she said in that speech in July that I linked to?

[Grace62]

Trouble wrote:
[quote=Acer]I'm all for encouraging people to take care of themselves, but it's hard to complain about food stamps without sounding like a selfish bastard.

If your comment was directed at me, I'm not complaining about food stamps. I'm just pointing out Pelosi's warped view of the the quickest way to create jobs.

What is "warped" about that particular comment? Bring some facts to support your view that putting money to buy necessities into the hands of the poorest people doesn't go directly into the local community and support jobs. What other action puts cash into the economy more quickly than this? (And we're talking about immediacy in this particular comment, not long term solutions, which the Speaker has addressed separately on many occasions.)