Last night I mentioned how nations or states would be judged at the Judgment of Nations parable in the Gospel (Matthew 25) by how they fed the hungry. Today brings confirmation that Wisconsin is taking more steps Not to feed the hungry.

Last year the Federal Government cut back on Food Stamps in the Farm Bill. This meant that those on food stamps like the disabled and poor elderly would not get food stamps unless they had a heating bill. As many poor live in group homes or places where heat is included in rent it made for a significant drop in food stamps. For example, a friend of mine who is elderly and disabled lived in subsidized housing and did not pay a separate heating bill. He went from over a $100 to about $15 a month. Many, including the elderly, had to drop other things and eat less. Most States made up for this money by increasing the amount in another program that meant greater Federal aide. But three, including Wisconsin, did not. The poor became hungrier.

Now a new law that will tie food stamps in with a job and limit the time to about three months every three years that one can receive food stamps. Again there are ways to overcome this and feed the hungry but Wisconsin legislatures are not interested.

So the hungry in Milwaukee, already the second poorest city in the USA will get hungrier. Food pantries and Hunger groups are unable to make up the difference. We in Wisconsin will let our poor go hungry. Doing this may be legal but it is certainly immoral. I hope in the Last Judgment I am not in the Wisconsin State delegation going to hell for making hell by not feeding the hungry.

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