South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has likened those who participate in governmental welfare programs to to stray animals, stating that the reason you stop feeding animals is because "they breed."

"You are facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply," Bauer added, according to a report in the Greenville News. "They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of  behavior."

Bauer did not respond to a request to comment, but has defended the remarks by saying the comparison was taken out of context.

I don't believe it matters what "context" he intended for  these remarks.  Not only does likening the poor to animals denigrate the starving poor in our society, but what about the starving animals?

Please join with me and send a letter telling him he should be ashamed of his conduct.