Each one of these Congresscritters need to be publicly shamed. We should bundle up dolls and leave them on their doorsteps to show the children now going hungry while they continue to feed lavishly at the Federal Trough.
The consequences of taking food from the neediest amongst us will be dire as desperation jumps up to the next level in our society. Suicides are already at higher rates. Now watch as desperate for food adults and children engage in crime because these wealthy republicans have left them with no other options.
We can do better than this. Food stamps double the value of each and every dollar spent in the communities they are spent in. If anything we should be tripling the food stamp budget to compensate for increased prices and increased need.
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.). His wife, Caroline Aderholt, is a 6.3 percent owner of McDonald Farms according to 2008 ownership records. McDonald Farms received $66,891 in direct payment farm subsidies in 2012. She also personally received a $345 direct payment in 2012.
Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.). He and his wife Lynn Fincher are each 50 percent partners in Stephen & Lynn Fincher Farms. They received a $70,574 direct payment farm subsidy in 2012.
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.). A trust named Lowell and Viky Hartzler Family Revocable Trust is listed as a 98 percent owner of Hartzler Farms, which received $697 in direct payment/ACRE and $686 for the Conservation Reserve Program for a total of $1,383 in 2012.
Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.). His wife, Vicky Sheldon Kline, is listed as a 20 percent owner of Sheldon Family Farms LP, which received a $3,025 conservation reserve program payment in 2012. EWG’s estimate of the conservation reserve program payments Ms. Kline received is $605 for 2012.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calf.). He and his wife Jill LaMalfa are each 16.67 percent partners (combined share totals 33.33%) of DSL Lamalfa Family Partnership, which received $188,570 in direct payments for 2012.
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.). His wife Lynda Lucas received $14,584 in disaster payments in 2012.
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas). He received a 2012 direct payment of $339.
Rep. Kristi Noem (R- S.D.). She received $1,400 in direct payments in 2012. Through 2008, USDA listed Rep. Noem as a 16.9 percent partner in Racota Valley Ranch.
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.). He received a 2012 direct payment of $6,654.
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas). He is a one-third owner of Thornberry Brothers, which received a $5,103 direct payment and $4,078 in disaster aid payments in 2012. EWG’s estimate of the farm subsidy benefits Thornberry received is $3,060 in 2012.
If you would in the comments list the populist candidate we need to support to get these two faced taxpayer thieves out of office for good.