It also allows states to add work requirements. There is no way Obama and democrats in the Senate will allow their constituents to be drug tested and put to work. It would break their cycle of dependency and cause them to become Republicans or Libertarians.
WASHINGTON (AP)
— The House is expected to consider a bill this week that would cut
food stamps by an estimated $4 billion annually and allow states to put
broad new work requirements in place for recipients.
The legislation also would end government waivers that have allowed
able-bodied adults who don’t have dependents to receive food stamps
indefinitely.
The vote comes after the House defeated a wide-ranging farm bill in
June because many conservatives believed the cuts to the nearly $80
billion-a-year food stamp program weren’t high enough. That bill would
have made around $2 billion a year in cuts.
Food stamps have for decades been part of farm legislation. But House
leaders separated the food and farm programs after the bill’s June
defeat and passed a farm-only bill in July. The Republican leaders, led
by Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, then crafted the separate
food stamp bill in an effort to appease conservatives who have been
aggressively pushing for cuts to domestic food aid. [...]
The House bill also would tighten eligibility standards and
try to reduce the rolls by allowing states to require drug testing for
recipients. It would bar convicted murderers, rapists and pedophiles
from receiving food stamps.
YE YE YE. ABOUT TIME. MAYBE THIS WILL REDUCE THE ABUSE OF FOOD-STAMPS INCLUDING THE SELLING OF THEM FOR ILLICIT PURPOSES. SOMETHING I SEE DONE ALL THE TIME. I DID UNDERSTAND THE ARTICLE RIGHT; DID I? WHAT ABOUT THE PANTRIES IF THEY ARE THAT HUNGRY?I SEE THE SELLING OF THAT TOO AFTER THEY GO PANTRY SHOPPING. I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN APPROCHED. I KNOW THESE THINGS.
ReplyDeleteP.S I JUST HOPE BILL GOES THROUGH.FOOD FOR THOUGHT. WHEN THESE BLEEDING HEARTS VOTE NOT TO PASS THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE HARD WORKING PEOPLE ( MANY OF WHOM ARE STRUGGLING THEMSELVES AND NOT GETTING THESE BENIFITS BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING 1DOLLAR OVER THE LIMIT) WHO ARE PAYING THEIR TAXES FAITHFULLY SO THAT THESE ABLED BODIES (WHO WON'T WORK; NOT CAN'T BUT WON'T)CAN COLLECT THESE BENIFITS.
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