Republicans Target Federal Anti-Hunger Program as They Prepare Trump Tax Package
Limiting funding for SNAP could help defray the costs of President Trump’s tax plans, but could result in millions of low-income families losing access to aid.
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As part of their forthcoming package to cut taxes and reduce federal spending, Republicans proposed expanding the existing work requirements to cover food stamp recipients up to age 64, including those with children who are at least age seven.
That amounts to a significant expansion of existing law, which currently only requires beneficiaries up to age 54 to work in exchange for SNAP, and excludes those with dependents. Studying similar Republican proposals in recent years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that work requirements and other rules could result in millions of enrollees losing access to the program. (The budget watchdog has not yet released an analysis on the party’s newest proposal.)
Republicans also proposed limiting nutrition aid to only U.S. citizens and green card holders. States would be required for the first time to contribute funding to the federal food stamp program beginning in 2028. And the Republican proposal would try to limit future administrations from boosting the benefits that low-income Americans receive in nutrition aid.
wow i never thought about going somewhere else. wtf no one told me that was an option! let me just take my 0 dollars of disposable income to buy a plane ticket. but first let me use my 0 days off to apply for residency in another country, who will surely accept me- someone who just works a regular labor job and has no college credentials, like a lot of americans who would be better off in another country
I've worked with people that came to Europe by boat and eventually regularised their situation here in France. I myself did 5 years in the FFL to secure my citizenship. It's not supposed to be easy, but I guess you're not desperate enough (which is great, means things aren't that fugged yet and you can still plan ahead!). But I'm NGL, the situation can feel/is(?) very claustrophobic and unsolvable, I hope you find somewhere safe to be in whether that's inside or outside the US.
Fun way to admit you were a fascist shock trooper