The ginger with a soul - helping the helpless

Apr 19

GOP Unveils Plan to Gut Food Stamp Program →

Politico reports that the changes mean “an average family of four would face an 11 percent cut in monthly benefits after Sept. 1 and, even more important, tighter enforcement of rules would require that households exhaust most of their liquid assets before qualifying for help.“  The Associated Press adds that elegibility changes would knock 3 million people off the program completely.

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    Thank you to the lapsed Catholic above - many days there are reasons why still considering myself a Catholic (although I...
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    The current benefits come out to about a $1 per person per meal. And it’s very difficult to survive on that. How the...
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    As a lapsed Catholic I’m not surprised in the least. Historically, the Church is massively backward on anything to do...
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    This program is literally the only way my bff can afford food at this time. If they did this, it would devastate her....
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    Was more evidence ever required that the GOP gives not a single shit for poor people?
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    This might be the first positive opinion I’ve had in regards to religious groups in politics. The whole -point- of...
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    So this “arielnietzche” continues with their Pavlov’s Dog imitation… Believe it or not, they know it’s an election...
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