Don’t Blame Republicans for Food Stamp Cuts. Blame Michelle Obama.

There’s a lot of buzz in New York City and around the country as food stamp allotments are being cut. While the majority of Americans want to blame the Republicans, this time it wasn’t them. This time, much of the blame can be placed on Michelle Obama’s pet project as well as the funds drying up from her husband’s 2009 stimulus package.

Her pet project, Let’s Move, is sucking away funds that should be used to put meals in front of the needy in America. Instead, the money is being used to fight obesity. While it’s an admirable goal, going into the holiday season with less food in the refrigerator is not the type of proper government allotment that most Democrats would feel is appropriate.

According to the NY Post whose city is seeing 1.9 million people receive the cuts:

It’s come to this. Some 76 million meals a year will vanish from this city — poof! — partly because the president diverted money from SNAP to the first lady’s signature program, part of her Let’s Move anti-obesity initiative — the bean-sprout-heavy, $4.5 billion Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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