Trumps budget would limit food stamp benefits for larger families
No new thinking in the WH--just drudging up Newts' logic in his vile Contract on America!
May 24
Trump’s budget would limit food stamp benefits for larger families
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-budget-food-stamps-family-cap-7527801ca77a
The proposal echoes racist, sexist myths about “welfare queens.”
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Budget director Mick Mulvaney holding a copy of President Trump’s budget. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
As things currently stand, a household that qualifies for assistance to buy food gets a larger food stamp benefit if it has a larger family. The logic is pretty clear: the more people there are to feed, the more help a low-income family will need.
But the Trump administration is proposing to change that set up. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Young said on Tuesday that the administration is looking to impose a cap on food stamp benefits based on family size, cutting off extra assistance for those who have more than six people in their families.
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“Seven people need more food than six people,” said Stacy Dean, vice president for food assistance policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “If we only support a family’s ability to eat up to six people, it means that we are going to increase the risk of hunger and hardship for larger families.”
And it won’t just impact families with four or more children. Because food stamp benefits are calculated based on how many people purchase and prepare food together, it will also hit families that live with grandparents or other extended members. “I’m really worried about the impact on multigenerational families who are living together,” Dean said. “They’re going to be penalized for…being a family that lives and works and supports each other.”....................................
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