(CNN) -- I love Thanksgiving. I love everything about it: gathering three generations around the table, pausing for a moment with heads bowed to thank God for our abundant blessings, carrying a tradition across the centuries, watching my beloved Texas Longhorns play football. I even love clanging the pots and scraping the plates afterward. And I especially love the eating. We are traditionalists in my family, so it's turkey and stuffing, and three kinds of pie. I am hoping this year to add one more item to the menu: a small serving of conscience. For as we gorge ourselves, Congress is contemplating drastic cuts in food aid for the least of our brethren. Food stamps, formally known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance for the Poor, or SNAP, help poor people eat -- simple as that.
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Paul Begala: As we gorge at Thanksgiving, GOP House wants to cut food stamps for millions
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He says SNAP gives a small amount of money to the very poor; comes out to $1.50 a meal
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GOP Rep. Fincher, who voted to cut, got $3.48 million in farm taxpayer subsidies, he says
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Begala: Economists say food stamps spur economic growth; GOP should restore them
So benefits under the @placeholder program go to the poorest of the poor -- and they're not exactly living high on the hog off food stamps, either.