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This is for all of those conservatives who always want to cut food stamps (SNAP). The article tells you of the days to which these conservatives wish to return - days in which organized crime did more for the hungry than the government!

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It became common to hear people praise Capone's efforts by saying that "he was doing more for the poor than the entire US government."

With the success of Capone's soup kitchen, and others like it, the public began to place more pressure on the government, criticizing their lack of social support programs. The obvious irony of the fact that a mobster was doing more for the people of Chicago than Chicago was doing for its own people spawned even greater disdain toward the government.

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My disdain is for conservatives who think that hunger is a great motivator.

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T.E.C. - Iowa Frijole wrote, "Al Capone is now known to progressives for his charitable acts." No, history and progressives see Capone as being little different from the Republicans in Congress. Both have virtually zero compassion for the hungry.

In Capone's case, the article says,

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Jul 5, 2017


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