Agreed! Why feed KIDS when that money can be used to make Rich people RICHER?

Those children should go and work for living since day 1 of their age.

I see he also self identifies as a Christian… I’m not one to judge, but I once read that countries with the word “democratic” in their names seldom were.

States that participate in the federal program are required to cover half of the administrative costs, which would cost Nebraska an estimated $300,000. Advocates of the program note that the administrative cost is far outweighed by the $18 million benefit, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates would benefit 175,000 Nebraska children who might otherwise go hungry on some days during the summer.

Imagine being such a reprehensible monster that you’d let 175k children in your state starve rather than participate in a federal program that’d help feed them when school is out each summer. It’s unconscionable.

i’ll bet he can turn right around and say he’s a Christian with a straight face, too

“I know the governor a little bit, and he seems to be a reasonable man. He’s a man who is compassionate in conversation,” Love said. “This is out of character…”

Not for a psychopath, it ain’t.

Breaking: “my home state continues to fall into the neo-conservative hell portal”

Well, at least Pillen is more honest than Iowa, who tried to make excuses on why. Pillen just openly states that he hates poor people because he’s a POS.

Man, I hate living here.

“I don’t believe in welfare,” he says.

maybe if we called it a ‘subsidy’. ha

subsidies for very profitable corporations: a-ok ! tax cuts for people with more money than they could ever actually spend: you betcha! the welfare jobs program we call ‘the united states military’: ha, no reductons there, ever!

human beings who need to eat food: go fuck yourself

the lack of empathy in the republican party is so stark its hard to fathom.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out.

That statement came as advocates for children and low-income families held a news conference outside the Governor’s Mansion in Lincoln to call on Pillen to change his mind before the Jan. 1 deadline to sign up for the program.

The program — part of federal assistance made available during the COVID-19 pandemic — would provide pre-loaded EBT cards to families whose children are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches at school.

Many of those who signed the petition also included comments expressing how much the program is needed, especially in light of multi-year inflation that has outpaced many household incomes.

Pillen insisted Friday that the state would continue to help food-insecure children through the Summer Food Service Program, which provides meals and snacks at various sites when school is not in session.

Preston Love Jr, a longtime community advocate in Omaha, on Friday questioned whether Pillen was bowing to political pressure in rejecting the federal funding.

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Yeah! Those children should stop being so lazy and go get jobs! Damn children, depending on other people for their well-being.

He doesn’t believe in welfare… I see. But what about this welfare?

Pork processor partially owned by Pillen gets $25 million federal grant

Or what about the time he got got $7.8M in pandemic loans and only paid back 2/3 of it. The rest was forgiven. What about the hundreds of thousands he takes every year in federal subsidies? He seems to like that kind of welfare.