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ThinkProgress Rick Santorum Doesn't Understand Food Stamps or PovertyGather.comWhile speaking in Iowa on Monday, the presidential wanna-be offered up this brilliant solution: food stamps should be eliminated because so many Americans are already obese. That's right folks, Santorum thinks the government should create a starvation …Santorum: We Don't Need Food …
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