The details of Trump's latest attack on the poor are uniquely cruel
In addition to demonizing immigrants and ruining the United States’ reputation abroad, one of the many pet projects ofthat his team thought low-income families were getting a little too greedy about food, and on Wednesday, said team announced a new plan designed to kick hundreds of thousands of people off of food stamps.
The rule, which has just been finalized, will tighten work requirements for able-bodied adults with no dependents, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a call with reporters, and as with most Trump administration policies, the details are uniquely cruel.
. The study also predicated that “millions more would experience reductions in monthly benefits and 982,000 students would lose automatic access to free or reduced-price school meals.”for underprivileged individuals who can’t afford the luxury of three meals a day. “Americans are generous people who believe it is their responsibility to help their fellow citizens when they encounter a difficult stretch,” Secretary of Agriculturetold reporters.
Strangely, though, critics aren’t buying it.
Even many Republican lawmakers, who typically back the administration and appreciate policies whose underlying message isdidn’t support it—47 senators from both parties told the administration it should withdraw the rule, according tothe ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee. “This is an unacceptable escalation of the administration’s war on working families, and it comes during a time when too many are forced to stretch already-thin budgets to make ends meet.
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