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Search results for "OLOR CODE THE STATEMENTS INTO THOSE THAT SUPPORT ENCLOSURE AND THOSE THAT DO NOT. TWe are self-sufficient, which means we grow our own food and rear our own livestock. There will be more people in the village who do not own land. This will lead to more poverty because not everyone will be able to find jobs."

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Facebook posts stated on May 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat."
By Bill McCarthy• May 18, 2020
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2023
Dennis Kucinich stated on June 01, 2011 in a House committee hearing:
"Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
By Tom Feran• June 24, 2011
Heartland Institute stated on January 22, 2018 in an op-ed in The Hill:
Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."  
By Jon Greenberg• January 26, 2018
Oxfam Ireland stated on July 22, 2014 in an info-graphic tweet:
Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land."
By Jon Greenberg• August 5, 2014
Roxanne Ross stated on May 15, 2011 in an online posting:
Multnomah County’s food action plan "clearly plans to disrupt the free market system in terms of food choices making it harder and more expensive for many residents to eat their food of choice." 
By Janie Har• June 24, 2011
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on August 08, 2018 in an ad:
Says Amy McGrath "wants to fund more welfare for people who can work, but don’t."
By Katie Akin• September 7, 2018
Newt Gingrich stated on November 30, 2011 in a speech in Council Bluffs, Iowa:
People can use food stamps "for anything," including "to go to Hawaii," and even millionaires can qualify.
By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2011
Instagram posts stated on July 27, 2023 in an Instagram reel:
“13 nations agree to abolish farming in order to save the planet.”
By Sara Swann• August 3, 2023
Jeff Wagner stated on May 08, 2013 in a radio show:
"The State of Wisconsin thinks you should have to" wash your hands "at least 28 times to make one peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich."
By Tom Kertscher• May 16, 2013
Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
The U.S. chicken and egg shortage is linked to Bill Gates.
By Sara Swann• January 25, 2023
Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview:
“If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty."
By D.L. Davis• November 11, 2021
Tom Tiffany stated on December 12, 2019 in a debate:
Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.
By Laura Schulte• January 15, 2020
Hillary Clinton stated on January 06, 2016 in comments during the Nevada Battleborn Battleground Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas:
Says Cresent Hardy agreed with Mitt Romney "about the 47 percent" and said that "people with disabilities are, and I quote him, ‘a drain on society.’ "
By Riley Snyder• January 25, 2016
Tony Perkins stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2014
Giffords stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
"Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down."
By Amy Sherman• February 22, 2018
Paul Ryan stated on July 25, 2014 in an interview:
Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."  
By Tom Kertscher• July 30, 2014
Instagram posts stated on April 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“1,900 food production companies have been destroyed” as part of conspiracy.
By Jeff Cercone• April 26, 2023
Jim Francesconi stated on August 07, 2013 in an opinion article:
Says "nearly half of Oregon's children are poor."
By Ian K. Kullgren• August 16, 2013
Sherrod Brown stated on June 12, 2013 in a conference call with reporters:
"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.
By Stephen Koff• June 18, 2013

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