(2015/07/28) Taking food out of the mouths of babes (Poverty)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 28 July 2015
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Edition #941
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: War on Poor Grows: No Shellfish, Potatoes, Ketchup for You! - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 05-22-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: can't afford no food - Jeff Eliassen
00:04:36 Ch. 4: Act 2: GOP's Poor-Punishing Legacy Comes to an End (In One State) - Majority Report (@majorityfm) - Air Date: 04-23-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Food - Town Hall
00:08:43 Ch. 6: Act 3: Dr. Harriet Fraad on US economy’s disastrous impact on children - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - AIr Date: 1-25-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Cry for the Children - Jamod Allah
00:19:09 Ch. 8: Act 4: Anna Chudnovsky, Elementary School Teacher - First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition - Air Date: 11-27-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Impossible - Shout Out Louds
00:25:20 Ch. 10: Act 5: Fired for the offense of feeding children - This week in blackness (@TWiBNation) - Air Date: 6-3-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Broke and Hungry - Jeremy Wallace
00:36:55 Ch. 12: Act 6: Food, Clothing and Health Care Should be Rights... - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-12-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Food - Gablé
00:46:34 Ch. 14: Act 7: Keep #SNAP Strong via @FRACtweets — Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 15: Song 7: This Fickle World - Theo Bard
00:51:59 Ch. 16: Act 8: Basic Income: The Totally Crazy Not Crazy Idea - @RedactedTonight w/ @LeeCamp - Air Date: 06-25-15
Voicemails
00:58:31 Ch. 17: Happiness through helping people - Colin from Cleveland, OH
00:59:53 Ch. 18: Happiness through autonomy at work - Ryan from Phoenix
01:03:42 Ch. 19: Are the long-term consequinces of nuclear vs solar comparable? - Marty from California
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 20: 12 Final Comments on supporting Katie on Patreon, suggesting you watch the movie Pride and answering a question about nuclear power
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: Keep #SNAP Strong via @FRACtweets
Take Action:
Track and support/oppose pending budgetary and program changes to food assistance through Food Research and Action Center’s Legislative Action Center
SIGN: "Tell Congress to Keep SNAP Strong”
Sources/further reading:
"What SNAP Is For” via the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
"Honoring the Legacy of Senators Bob Dole and George McGovern” via World Food Program USA
"Republicans Are Trying to Take Food Out of My Mouth” by Katie Klabusich at RollingStone
Written (mostly) by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details of |
| 0:06.1 | the Contribute tab at BestOfAlife.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Welcome to the award-winning BestOfAlife podcast with clips today from the David Pakman |
| 0:13.0 | show, the majority report, economic update with Professor Richard Wolfe, first called |
| 0:17.8 | BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, this week in Blackness, the Tom Harman program, |
| 0:23.4 | and redacted tonight with Lee Camp. |
| 0:30.0 | We've talked about the War on the Poor, which is distinguished in my mind from the War |
| 0:35.4 | on Christmas, the War on Christianity, the War on the Rich, in that it actually exists. |
| 0:39.7 | I told you about the Baltimore Republican who thought it was sort of an interesting idea |
| 0:43.4 | to look at taking away food stamp benefits from the parents of children who were protesting |
| 0:48.7 | in Baltimore. |
| 0:49.7 | I told you about Kansas Republicans and House Bill 2258, which would ban poor people |
| 0:55.4 | from purchasing all sorts of products, including concert tickets and lottery tickets and so |
| 1:00.1 | much else, as well as college sports tickets. |
| 1:03.2 | I talked to you about the other laws, for example, in Missouri, where Republican Congressman |
| 1:11.0 | Rick Bratton wants to prevent poor people from purchasing steak and seafood with food |
| 1:16.9 | stamp benefits. |
| 1:17.9 | Most incredible. |
| 1:18.9 | And we have yet another example. |
| 1:21.2 | This one coming to us from Wisconsin. |
| 1:23.1 | Now in Wisconsin, Republicans took the first step in punishing people who use snap benefits, |
| 1:30.6 | food stamp benefits. |
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