{"id":39078,"date":"2013-10-07T13:13:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T19:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/07\/bill-kristol-suggests-the-poor-eat-cake.html"},"modified":"2013-10-09T05:53:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T11:53:05","slug":"bill-kristol-suggests-the-poor-eat-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/07\/bill-kristol-suggests-the-poor-eat-cake.html","title":{"rendered":"Bill Kristol suggests the poor eat cake"},"content":{"rendered":"
Or at least cake donated by someone other<\/i> than the federal government. \u00a0The government shutdown is hardly a problem (for Bill) because, well, if you don't have enough food to eat, surely someone<\/i> will give it to you if the Feds can't (or won't).<\/p>\n

'\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be the end of the world, honestly, even if you\u2019re on nutritional assistance from the federal government. The state of Arkansas can help out, localities can help out, churches can help out, I believe no one is going to starve in Arkansas because of the shutdown.\u201d'<\/i><\/p>\n

And, of course, that means we might as well just get rid of all those federal programs anyway, right?<\/p>\n

Stay classy, Bill. \u00a0And well-fed.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kristol: \u2018Not the end of the world\u2019 if shutdown halts food benefits \u2014 MSNBC<\/a>
\n Bill Kristol downplayed the consequences of the shutdown on Morning Joe, saying he thought there was “a little bit too much hysteria.” \n <\/p>\n

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Or at least cake donated by someone other than the federal government. \u00a0The government shutdown is hardly a problem (for Bill) because, well, if you don't have enough food to eat, surely someone will give it to you if the Feds can't (or won't). 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