post" and joel berg executive director of new york city coalition against hunger. thanks for being here to both of you. >> thank you. >> thanks rev. >> so jonathan poverty pimps? how does that fit into the kind of rhetoric we've heard from the right over the years? >> it fits neatly into the rhetoric that we've heard from the right over the years, going all the way back to president reagan when he talked about, quote, welfare queens. or the last presidential campaign when newt gingrich called president obama -- what did he call him, the food stamp president. mitt romney talking about how the president was guaranteeing people, quote, free stuff. this idea that the government and that sort of unworthy people are taking from us and giving it to them is something that the republican party has been dealing in for a very long time. >> joe, voting to cut the safety net, saying the war on poverty