Republicans may kill more people than Syrian chemical weapons

Progressive Review - The BBC quotes John Kerry as accusing Syria of using chemical weapons to kill 1,429 people, including 426 children, citing a US intelligence assessment.

Now consider this from the Center for American Progress:

House-proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would cut at least 4 million to 6 million people off nutrition assistance, including removing 200,000 low-income children from school meals. These cuts are on top of nutrition cuts already slated for this November, which will hit 22 million children.

 If less than one tenth of one percent of children die as a result of illness because of lack of school meals, that would be more than have been killed by chemicals in Syria according to John Kerry.

If less than one hundredth of a percent of people removed from food stamps die as a result, the toll will be roughly three times greater than allege in Syrian chemical attacks.