Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s new debt limit negotiating proposal will include broad moves to restrict food assistance for millions of low-income Americans

[basquebromance]

WE WILL CRASH THE ECONOMY UNLESS YOU AGREE TO CUT NUTRITION ASSISTANCE FOR POOR CHILDREN does not feel like a winning strategy to me. Americans just aren't that mean. They want to help poor, hungry children.

McCarthy’s pitch to shrink food aid drawing skepticism from fellow Republicans

The House Speaker will propose new restrictions on the nutrition program formerly known as food stamps as part of House Republicans' debt limit negotiations with the White House.

www.politico.com

 

[Hossfly]

WE WILL CRASH THE ECONOMY UNLESS YOU AGREE TO CUT NUTRITION ASSISTANCE FOR POOR CHILDREN does not feel like a winning strategy to me. Americans just aren't that mean. They want to help poor, hungry children.

McCarthy’s pitch to shrink food aid drawing skepticism from fellow Republicans

The House Speaker will propose new restrictions on the nutrition program formerly known as food stamps as part of House Republicans' debt limit negotiations with the White House.

www.politico.com

America has 7 million able-bodied men who have been out of the work force since the Covid scam started and are living of the taxpayers, refusing to go back to work. Thanks, President Biden.

 

[Thunk]

They want to help poor, hungry children.

How does doubling food & gas prices help poor children?

How is showing ID a restriction?

 

[basquebromance]

How does doubling food & gas prices help poor children?

How is showing ID a restriction?

i'm not saying Dem policies help poor children either

 

[Donald H]

Predictable on account of Americans' opinions that they should either work or starve.

Downside is that it could cause more and bigger riots on the streets. A small price for teaching parents to keep their children locked up.

Stand your ground!

If the shooting starts, most cases will have to be declared to be legal!

 

[rightwinger]

That has always been in the Republican playbook

Balance the budget on the backs of the poor

 

[Moonglow]

That has always been in the Republican playbook

Balance the budget on the backs of the poor

And the kids since the largest recipients are children and the elderly.

 

[Moonglow]

What the GOP is not cutting school funding? I will wait to read the proposal without the usual media inability, to tell the truth, media.

 

[struth]

WE WILL CRASH THE ECONOMY UNLESS YOU AGREE TO CUT NUTRITION ASSISTANCE FOR POOR CHILDREN does not feel like a winning strategy to me. Americans just aren't that mean. They want to help poor, hungry children.

McCarthy’s pitch to shrink food aid drawing skepticism from fellow Republicans

The House Speaker will propose new restrictions on the nutrition program formerly known as food stamps as part of House Republicans' debt limit negotiations with the White House.

www.politico.com

work requirements for those that can , has always upset the demafasict

they don’t want people getting away from Govt dependence

 

[struth]

And the kids since the largest recipients are children and the elderly.

this wouldn’t impact kids or the elderly

 

[excalibur]

And the kids since the largest recipients are children and the elderly.

Elderly? You mean Social Security? Which they paid for during their working lives?

 

[rightwinger]

Elderly? You mean Social Security? Which they paid for during their working lives?

SNAP

 

[Moonglow]

Elderly? You mean Social Security? Which they paid for during their working lives?

Nope, do try to keep up.

 

[Moonglow]

this wouldn’t impact kids or the elderly

Yeah sure, I noticed your link and or citation of what yous mean.

 

[struth]

Yeah sure, I noticed your link and or citation of what yous mean.

i read the link in the OP. obviously you didn’t

 

[Moonglow]

work requirements for those that can , has always upset the demafasict

they don’t want people getting away from Govt dependence

The states have already put on a requirement to work it came with the welfare reform act of 1995.

PRWORA granted states greater latitude in administering social welfare programs, and implemented new requirements on welfare recipients, including a five-year lifetime limit on benefits. After the passage of the law, the number of individuals receiving federal welfare dramatically declined.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act - Wikipedia​

 

[excalibur]

Nope, do try to keep up.

You are the one who mentioned 'elderly' and you haven't a clue what you meant by it. Or you would explain it.

 

[Moonglow]

i read the link in the OP. obviously you didn’t

Yeah, I noticed how you used it to support your statement.

 

[excalibur]

The states have already put on a requirement to work it came with the welfare reform act of 1995.

PRWORA granted states greater latitude in administering social welfare programs, and implemented new requirements on welfare recipients, including a five-year lifetime limit on benefits. After the passage of the law, the number of individuals receiving federal welfare dramatically declined.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act - Wikipedia​

... the Obama administration has since watered down the law’s successes by allowing states to opt out of work requirements for welfare recipients.​

20 Years after Welfare Reform, Conservatives Should Build on Its Success to Address Poverty | National Review

We can and must do more to expand economic opportunities for America’s poor.

www.nationalreview.com

 

[Moonglow]

You are the one who mentioned 'elderly' and you haven't a clue what you meant by it. Or you would explain it.

About 44% of SNAP participants are children, and 21% are adults living with those minors. Among those children receiving SNAP in the US, 31% are preschool children under five, and 42% are kids aged 5–11. An additional 27% belong to the 12–17 age group per the official demographics of welfare recipients.

24+ Welfare Statistics - 2023 Update | Balancing Everything​