“The role of citizens, of Christianity, of humanity, is to take care of each other, not for Washington to steal from those in the country and give to others in the country,” Mr. Fincher, whose office did not respond to interview requests, said after his vote in May. In response to a Democrat who invoked the Bible during the food stamp debate in Congress, Mr. Fincher cited his own biblical phrase. “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat,” he said.
On Wednesday, the Department of Agriculture released a 2012 survey showing that nearly 49 million Americans were living in “food insecure” households — meaning, in the bureaucratic language of the agency, that some family members lacked “consistent access throughout the year to adequate food.” In short, many Americans went hungry. The agency found the figures essentially unchanged since the economic downturn began in 2008, but substantially higher than during the previous decade.
Une vision du monde directement héritée des adorateurs de Ayn Rand, où les pauvres ont ce qu’ils méritent et où la solidarité est un délit contre les vertueux possédants. Bien sûr, on passe allègrement sur des petits détails comme les niveaux de salaire insuffisant pour assurer la simple subsistance, même en cumulant deux poor jobs, la délocalisation industrielle qui a jeté des millions de personnes dans le chômage.