Doubling Down On Stupid: Obama AG Secretary Vilsack Repeats Absurd Claim That More People On Food Stamps Means More Jobs

We should all quit our jobs and go on food stamps. Rainbows and unicorns to follow: Vilsack Again: Food Stamps Helped 'Job Growth' Over Last 17 Months 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack again claimed that government food stamps have contributed to "17 consecutive months" of private sector job creation, arguing that the federal food aid puts money into the economy more quickly than anything else.

Um - where did that money that gets 'put into the economy' come from? Same economy. So somehow, pulling money out of the economy, to put it back into the economy, and taxing it on the way through, creates jobs? The audio:

And from an earlier post: Obama AG Secretary Continues Absurd Claim: More People On Food Stamps Means More Jobs

Worse yet, it is a disincentive for people to actually find a job. Related in the welfare = stimulus idiocy: White House: Paying People Not To Work (ie - Unemployment Benefits) Could Create Up To 1 Million Jobs, And You're Stupid For Not Knowing How Even Though We Can't Explain It Either

Flashback: FDR on welfare 1935: "The lessons of history … show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit". The current crop of Democrats on the Hill think differently than that: Video of Pelosi: Food Stamps And Unemployment Give Us The "Biggest Bang For The Buck". It has lead to this situation, from Doug Ross: Two nausea-inducing charts

Fox News reports:Good News: Nearly One in Seven Americans Are On Food Stamps

Like a drug addict addicted to heroin, separating the dependent from the drug will be painful. At least during the transition. But to get back to a sustainable civilization, we need to go back to first principles. Which is the whole point why the US Constitution was written. The ruling class has drifted away from it, with the approval of activist courts. Follow our founding document and we'll be fine once again. And just remember that according to Ed Schultz, "Food Stamps" just code for racism