"They want us to die"
'Christian' welfare state of Missouri, USA
USA: "Missouri’s 'devout[ly] Christian' Governor Matt Blunt intereprets the teachings of Jesus to mean that a single working mother of three no longer qualifies for this vital program unless she makes less than -- get this -- $86 a week or $4,472 a year (less than a fourth of the notoriously inadequate US poverty level for a family that size). Previously that working mom qualified at $15,600.
"Blunt's version of the Gospel in action means that a 44-year old disabled woman named Irene Schivers will have to 'ration her food and sell her dogs.' The way Schivers sees it, 'they want us [the poor and disabled] to die. We are a burden on society, so they don’t care.'"
Source: Paul Street's blog at ZNet
USA: "Missouri’s 'devout[ly] Christian' Governor Matt Blunt intereprets the teachings of Jesus to mean that a single working mother of three no longer qualifies for this vital program unless she makes less than -- get this -- $86 a week or $4,472 a year (less than a fourth of the notoriously inadequate US poverty level for a family that size). Previously that working mom qualified at $15,600.
"Blunt's version of the Gospel in action means that a 44-year old disabled woman named Irene Schivers will have to 'ration her food and sell her dogs.' The way Schivers sees it, 'they want us [the poor and disabled] to die. We are a burden on society, so they don’t care.'"
Source: Paul Street's blog at ZNet
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