[user9756]

>I think it is an easy fall back to make comparisons between the rich and poor, but that isn't the problem here. It is the government.

Government isn't an isolated entity in society it represents segments of a society. And usually that is the rich and or powerful.

[yhckrfan]

> Government isn't an isolated entity in society it represents segments of a society. And usually that is the rich and or powerful.

I do believe the rich and powerful do have a leash around many governments, and so do the average person as that is how the government is often voted in by appeasing by populist policy.

However I doubt the rich and powerful have a requirement to cut food stamps. Again this isn't a rich man driving policy it is a government deciding where funding is going.

[saraid216]

> However I doubt the rich and powerful have a requirement to cut food stamps. Again this isn't a rich man driving policy it is a government deciding where funding is going.

Big Agriculture actually seems to be pushing against food stamps. There's been a fair amount of talk how the funding is going from food stamps to corporations in the food business.

I'm not really on top of this particular strain of politics, but I turned up stuff quickly when I googled "Big Ag" and "food stamps" in various permutations, so you can find your own credible sources without my bias.