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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe shutdown, who stays home and who works
Some 94% of the EPA is furloughed, 82% of the Labor Department so on.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/27/us/who-goes-to-work-during-government-shutdown.html?_r=1&
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The shutdown, who stays home and who works (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Sep 2013
OP
foodstamps, medicare, social security...are all automatic and will continue as usual
NightWatcher
Sep 2013
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grasswire
(50,130 posts)1. I'm wondering about all the people who depend on food stamps.
I haven't heard anything about that. The wingnuttery were predicting riots in the cities if food stamps were cut off by Obama.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)2. foodstamps, medicare, social security...are all automatic and will continue as usual
Where did the idea that Obama would cut off foodstamps come from?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)3. Because most of the teabggers are dumber than a box of rocks.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)4. one of their fears
There was a lot of talk about urban gangs coming to the suburbs for raping and looting after Obama cut off the food stamps.