States that participate in the federal program are required to cover half of the administrative costs, which would cost Nebraska an estimated $300,000. Advocates of the program note that the administrative cost is far outweighed by the $18 million benefit, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates would benefit 175,000 Nebraska children who might otherwise go hungry on some days during the summer.
Imagine being such a reprehensible monster that you'd let 175k children in your state starve rather than participate in a federal program that'd help feed them when school is out each summer. It's unconscionable.
It’s unconscionable.
BUt... but... he doesn't believe in welfare! how dare you intrude onto his lack of belief!
(/s. this guy can fuck off to the nether.)
I keep hearing that violence isn't the answer but I swear it feels like.... FOR LEGAL REASONS THIS IS SATIRE
What are we supposed to do when our leaders and the wealthy (i.e., a small minority who holds all of the influence) have effectively declared war on the rest of us (i.e., almost everybody)?
No no no, violence can be the answer, depending on what the question is. Like this:
Historically, what happens when the poorest citizens of a nation have no food, no homes, and no hope for the future, because the rich are hording it all?
Violence isn't the answer. It is a question and the answer is, 'yes'.
Republicans get off on dead children. It's as simple as that.
John Wayne Gacy would be proud.
It's unconscionable
It's conservative.
Every farmer in that state receives welfare. Every fucking farmer benefits from agricultural subsidies.
The governor believes in federal welfare, just not welfare that directly benefits kids.
“I don’t believe in welfare”
Feck off and stop accepting federal funding, you fucking welfare queen
I love the DON'T BELIEVE statements. I don't believe in guns, yet they exist.
Fucker believes in welfare when it's called corn subsidies.
Loophole: Poor people must change their name to corn
"Why are they Falling Away from Me?"
maybe if we called it a 'subsidy'. ha
subsidies for very profitable corporations: a-ok !
tax cuts for people with more money than they could ever actually spend: you betcha!
the welfare jobs program we call 'the united states military': ha, no reductons there, ever!
human beings who need to eat food: go fuck yourself
the lack of empathy in the republican party is so stark its hard to fathom.
Just need to get those little tykes their own LLCs and then they can have their lawyers file for federal aid!
They’d hate that too. Then GOP hates the word “subsidy” when it’s associated with something they don’t like. Example: subsidies for transitioning to green technology.
Maybe they need to frame it as a subsidy for grocery stores and large food businesses, it just takes a temporary detour though somebodies bank account to get to the intended recipient.
It's also amusing that such a federal policy would actually help stimulate their economy because poor people are always forced to spend all their money but he's too blind in his hatred for poor people that he can't see the economic benefits to business in his state that it would bring. Business groups should be calling for his scalp too.
So... He wouldn't mind if the government withholds any financial aid to the state from now on, right?
not like that!™
“I know the governor a little bit, and he seems to be a reasonable man. He’s a man who is compassionate in conversation,” Love said. “This is out of character. So, obviously, he’s not following his heart. He’s following his politics. He’s falling victim to political posturing, and there’s no excuse for that when it comes to children.”
No, he is not reasonable or compassionate. His actions speak louder than any words he uses sounding like reason or compassion.
It sounds like his friend thinks he's virtue signaling. I thought they were supposed to be against that. /s
"Vice signaling"
I live in NYC and my son attends public school. The availability of food to all children just feels right. I know that means my taxes are higher than they would be otherwise, but nutrition is so damn important to a child’s development.
This isn’t welfare. This is caring for children. I’m sure this jackass has a “keep Christ in Christmas” sticker somewhere.
That’s the thing, taxes would be lower if it was spent on society, education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc instead of stadiums and police. This is proven fact, not some ethical debate.
If you don’t believe in a problem, it simply goes away /s
Even if welfare is in the Constitution...
This ass wipe makes 105k salary a year for doing fuck all in a nowhere state of morons, then tells you he doesn't believe in welfare.
the cost to Nebraska would be less than 3x his salary
He spent more money sending troops to the border as a publicity stunt. Blaming the poor has always been an effective tactic to divert attention away from their groveling to the wealthy.
This exact post came up yesterday except with Iowa. Wtf is going on?
Idiots
>Idiots
Monsters
Has he also blocked welfare to Nebraska farmers?
much of that extra grocery money would have ended up in the corporate pockets of nebraska's food producers..... not thinking of the children or the corporations here.
If he doesn’t believe in giving low income families a meager 40$ a month “welfare” then he should reject the saving Grace that is given from Jesus.
The point of the Gospels of Jesus is that the we are saved ONLY because of the Grace of God, and NOT because of our good works. PERIOD.
Nothing we do gets us the Grace of God. We can’t DO anything to deserve it. It is just given.
Edit: add “Like welfare!” To the end. I forgot.
Nothing we do gets us the Grace of God. We can’t DO anything to deserve it. It is just given.
Why is this a given? And if it is, why would that ever be a good thing? Sounds like a real prick move to me. All knowing God making humans irredeemable from the start, knowing everything that was going to come.
No thanks.
I see he also self identifies as a Christian... I'm not one to judge, but I once read that countries with the word "democratic" in their names seldom were.
What do you mean? The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is the best Korea! Lol
Yeah! Those children should stop being so lazy and go get jobs! Damn children, depending on other people for their well-being.
Americans need to start going to these politician's homes. Don't protest at city Hall, protest in their yard. Make sure their rich neighbors hate it and are inconvenienced. Any time they go out to get coffee or sit down at a restaurant, harass them until they leave. These fucks should get no peace.
i'll bet he can turn right around and say he's a Christian with a straight face, too
From his own website
Jim has dedicated himself to community involvement including:
::: spoiler spoiler
St. Isidore’s Church
Scotus Central Catholic High School Endowment Board
St. Augustine Mission Board of Directors
Chair of TeamMates Mentoring Program Foundation Board of Directors
Columbus Family YMCA Past President
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Past President
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Board Member
Past Chair of Columbus Community Hospital Board of Directors
Archdiocese Ignite the Faith campaign
Christians Encounter Christ (CEC)
Movement
Youth for Christ Mission
AKSARBEN Foundation
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration Advisory Board, University of Nebraska Board of Regents where he represents 15 counties in northeast Nebraska and served as Chair in 2020
:::
Shocker how many of those are religious. /s
Those churches and organizations need to start being called out online to ask them if they oppose feeding children
The greatest trick that Satan ever pulled was to convince people to do his work in God's name.
Something tells me this guy is about to learn about all the poor Iowa residents who don't believe in letting piece of shit politicians continue to breathe.
Why would poor Iowans be upset at the governor of Nebraska?
Haha my bad, I think I was confusing this with a very similar article from Iowa.
Something to do with big open spaces and being a complete prick to your fellow humans.
What a complete fuckhead. Love Australia.
Random fellow in Nebraska here, it’s a depressing place to live if you’re not a staunch republican!
People say Lincoln and Omaha are pretty okay, but I suspect that’s just in comparison to the rest of the state.
former resident here. you're absolutely correct, and also compared to most of the neighboring states.
Feeding children is an investment in the future. It's in our economic best interest that new humans are educated, be in good health during adolescence, and are allowed to explore "The New".
Well, at least Pillen is more honest than Iowa, who tried to make excuses on why. Pillen just openly states that he hates poor people because he's a POS.
Man, I hate living here.
what an absolute pussy
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.
That statement came as advocates for children and low-income families held a news conference outside the Governor’s Mansion in Lincoln to call on Pillen to change his mind before the Jan. 1 deadline to sign up for the program.
The program — part of federal assistance made available during the COVID-19 pandemic — would provide pre-loaded EBT cards to families whose children are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches at school.
Many of those who signed the petition also included comments expressing how much the program is needed, especially in light of multi-year inflation that has outpaced many household incomes.
Pillen insisted Friday that the state would continue to help food-insecure children through the Summer Food Service Program, which provides meals and snacks at various sites when school is not in session.
Preston Love Jr,, a longtime community advocate in Omaha, on Friday questioned whether Pillen was bowing to political pressure in rejecting the federal funding.
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God damn man.
Why do Republicans hate children so much? If they're not raping them or beating them, they starve them.
Man, for every day that goes by, the US just presents itself as more and more of a hell-hole.
Agreed! Why feed KIDS when that money can be used to make Rich people RICHER?
I like how Republicans force these children to be born and then don't care if they die as long as they are out of the womb.
Those children should go and work for living since day 1 of their age.
Imagine being such a reprehensible monster that you'd let 175k children in your state starve rather than participate in a federal program that'd help feed them when school is out each summer. It's unconscionable.
BUt... but... he doesn't believe in welfare! how dare you intrude onto his lack of belief!
(/s. this guy can fuck off to the nether.)
I keep hearing that violence isn't the answer but I swear it feels like.... FOR LEGAL REASONS THIS IS SATIRE
What are we supposed to do when our leaders and the wealthy (i.e., a small minority who holds all of the influence) have effectively declared war on the rest of us (i.e., almost everybody)?
You reminded me of: https://youtu.be/eg3_kUaYFJA
This is what I think we should do. Also this is satire.
https://youtu.be/TMHCw3RqulY?si=YZH_TmiXRZNXCeGc
No no no, violence can be the answer, depending on what the question is. Like this:
Violence isn't the answer. It is a question and the answer is, 'yes'.
Republicans get off on dead children. It's as simple as that.
John Wayne Gacy would be proud.
It's conservative.
Every farmer in that state receives welfare. Every fucking farmer benefits from agricultural subsidies.
The governor believes in federal welfare, just not welfare that directly benefits kids.
“I don’t believe in welfare”
Feck off and stop accepting federal funding, you fucking welfare queen
I love the DON'T BELIEVE statements. I don't believe in guns, yet they exist.
Fucker believes in welfare when it's called corn subsidies.
Loophole: Poor people must change their name to corn
"Why are they Falling Away from Me?"
maybe if we called it a 'subsidy'. ha
subsidies for very profitable corporations: a-ok ! tax cuts for people with more money than they could ever actually spend: you betcha! the welfare jobs program we call 'the united states military': ha, no reductons there, ever!
human beings who need to eat food: go fuck yourself
the lack of empathy in the republican party is so stark its hard to fathom.
Just need to get those little tykes their own LLCs and then they can have their lawyers file for federal aid!
They’d hate that too. Then GOP hates the word “subsidy” when it’s associated with something they don’t like. Example: subsidies for transitioning to green technology.
Maybe they need to frame it as a subsidy for grocery stores and large food businesses, it just takes a temporary detour though somebodies bank account to get to the intended recipient.
It's also amusing that such a federal policy would actually help stimulate their economy because poor people are always forced to spend all their money but he's too blind in his hatred for poor people that he can't see the economic benefits to business in his state that it would bring. Business groups should be calling for his scalp too.
But he’s okay with PPP loans being forgiven and also gets USDA subsidies for Pillen Family farms. Source: https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/search?q=Pillen&v=1 Source:https://farm.ewg.org/persondetail.php?custnumber=A09760551
Those entitled brats made a deal with the devil when they took the money. Greed got the better of them. It always does.
So no more federal funding for Nebraska??
If he doesn’t believe in welfare, surely he doesn’t believe in government aid or subsidies
That goes for every citizen of Nebraska, and if you don’t like it vote him out!
I’m tired of this fucking pissing contest between Republicans and people that care about others
33% of Nebraska's operating budget comes from federal grants and funding.
Definition of a welfare state right there.
I would very much appreciate if a wonk can swing in and layout all the subsidies this guy/Nebraska benefit from.
So he is not a christian?
He is like Trump. He'll pretend to be whatever you want to believe as long as you give him money. Then he'll rape your kids.
And then quote the Bible afterwards and parents send the kids back for another round
Not before putting you on your knee for the utmost important expression of apologies and regret.
And give a tax break or something to some multi million business.
He's Christian by name only. It's not exactly a nice and tidy acronym but I call these types C.U.N.T.S.
So... He wouldn't mind if the government withholds any financial aid to the state from now on, right?
not like that!™
No, he is not reasonable or compassionate. His actions speak louder than any words he uses sounding like reason or compassion.
It sounds like his friend thinks he's virtue signaling. I thought they were supposed to be against that. /s
"Vice signaling"
I live in NYC and my son attends public school. The availability of food to all children just feels right. I know that means my taxes are higher than they would be otherwise, but nutrition is so damn important to a child’s development.
This isn’t welfare. This is caring for children. I’m sure this jackass has a “keep Christ in Christmas” sticker somewhere.
That’s the thing, taxes would be lower if it was spent on society, education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc instead of stadiums and police. This is proven fact, not some ethical debate.
Uplifting society means everything gets better.
Almost like socialism works.
"I don't believe in welfare," he says.
“I don’t believe in welfare*.”
* for the poor
The rich get bailouts, the poor get welfare
Not in the USA. The rich get both. The poor get nothing.
As Chomsky puts it, when it comes to "tough love", the rich get all the love and everyone else gets the "tough" part.
If you don’t believe in a problem, it simply goes away /s
Even if welfare is in the Constitution...
This ass wipe makes 105k salary a year for doing fuck all in a nowhere state of morons, then tells you he doesn't believe in welfare.
the cost to Nebraska would be less than 3x his salary
He spent more money sending troops to the border as a publicity stunt. Blaming the poor has always been an effective tactic to divert attention away from their groveling to the wealthy.
This exact post came up yesterday except with Iowa. Wtf is going on?
Idiots
>IdiotsMonstersHas he also blocked welfare to Nebraska farmers?
much of that extra grocery money would have ended up in the corporate pockets of nebraska's food producers..... not thinking of the children or the corporations here.
If he doesn’t believe in giving low income families a meager 40$ a month “welfare” then he should reject the saving Grace that is given from Jesus.
The point of the Gospels of Jesus is that the we are saved ONLY because of the Grace of God, and NOT because of our good works. PERIOD.
Nothing we do gets us the Grace of God. We can’t DO anything to deserve it. It is just given.
Edit: add “Like welfare!” To the end. I forgot.
Why is this a given? And if it is, why would that ever be a good thing? Sounds like a real prick move to me. All knowing God making humans irredeemable from the start, knowing everything that was going to come.
No thanks.
I see he also self identifies as a Christian... I'm not one to judge, but I once read that countries with the word "democratic" in their names seldom were.
What do you mean? The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is the best Korea! Lol
Yeah! Those children should stop being so lazy and go get jobs! Damn children, depending on other people for their well-being.
Americans need to start going to these politician's homes. Don't protest at city Hall, protest in their yard. Make sure their rich neighbors hate it and are inconvenienced. Any time they go out to get coffee or sit down at a restaurant, harass them until they leave. These fucks should get no peace.
i'll bet he can turn right around and say he's a Christian with a straight face, too
From his own website
Jim has dedicated himself to community involvement including:
::: spoiler spoiler
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Past President
Christians Encounter Christ (CEC) Movement
:::
Shocker how many of those are religious. /s
Those churches and organizations need to start being called out online to ask them if they oppose feeding children
The greatest trick that Satan ever pulled was to convince people to do his work in God's name.
Something tells me this guy is about to learn about all the poor Iowa residents who don't believe in letting piece of shit politicians continue to breathe.
Why would poor Iowans be upset at the governor of Nebraska?
Haha my bad, I think I was confusing this with a very similar article from Iowa.
Something to do with big open spaces and being a complete prick to your fellow humans.
What a complete fuckhead. Love Australia.
Random fellow in Nebraska here, it’s a depressing place to live if you’re not a staunch republican!
People say Lincoln and Omaha are pretty okay, but I suspect that’s just in comparison to the rest of the state.
former resident here. you're absolutely correct, and also compared to most of the neighboring states.
Feeding children is an investment in the future. It's in our economic best interest that new humans are educated, be in good health during adolescence, and are allowed to explore "The New".
Well, at least Pillen is more honest than Iowa, who tried to make excuses on why. Pillen just openly states that he hates poor people because he's a POS.
Man, I hate living here.
what an absolute pussy
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.
That statement came as advocates for children and low-income families held a news conference outside the Governor’s Mansion in Lincoln to call on Pillen to change his mind before the Jan. 1 deadline to sign up for the program.
The program — part of federal assistance made available during the COVID-19 pandemic — would provide pre-loaded EBT cards to families whose children are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches at school.
Many of those who signed the petition also included comments expressing how much the program is needed, especially in light of multi-year inflation that has outpaced many household incomes.
Pillen insisted Friday that the state would continue to help food-insecure children through the Summer Food Service Program, which provides meals and snacks at various sites when school is not in session.
Preston Love Jr,, a longtime community advocate in Omaha, on Friday questioned whether Pillen was bowing to political pressure in rejecting the federal funding.
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God damn man.
Why do Republicans hate children so much? If they're not raping them or beating them, they starve them.
Man, for every day that goes by, the US just presents itself as more and more of a hell-hole.
Agreed! Why feed KIDS when that money can be used to make Rich people RICHER?
I like how Republicans force these children to be born and then don't care if they die as long as they are out of the womb.
Those children should go and work for living since day 1 of their age.