The famous passage from
II Thessalonians 3:
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
has been very popular among Republicans advocating plans to cut $40 billion from the SNAP ("food stamps") program over the next 10 years, from Stephen Fincher (
Scroogist-TN) in
early June to Kevin Cramer (Xtianist-ND)
yesterday.
The passage is not exactly relevant, given that most SNAP beneficiaries do work (if you leave out children, 45% of the total, and the elderly and disabled), their problem being not [jump]
