Thursday, March 6, 2014

Overheard in Pennsylvania:


Tom Corbett

“Now when you poor people go to the polls in November, I want you to remember good old Gov. Corbett, goddammit, because HE kept your food stamp benefits FOR YOU! Yeah, that’s right. I followed New York and Connecticut’s lead and averted cuts to food stamp beneficiaries in Pennsylvania. I’m the first GOP governor in the nation to do it. Except I’m smarter than the Democrats: I did it using federal block grant money—not state money! I’ll spend about $8 million to preserve about $300 million a year in food stamp money. Of course, since I’m using grant money, maybe we won’t be able to do the same thing next year … What we will do depends upon how well the poor people behave in the 12 months … And of course, since I’m up for re-election this year, I may not be around anyway, so who gives a fuck?”

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R)

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