More than half-a-million people to
lose food stamps under new Trump rule
Washington Examiner,
by
Dominick Mastrangelo
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
12/5/2019 4:49:46 PM
More than a half-a-million people are set to be thrown off food stamps after the Trump administration on Wednesday approved a new requirement tightening the criteria to qualify for the public assistance program. The law would ask states to mandate certain work requirements for people seeking to qualify for the benefits in areas deemed in "economic distress." The rule would apply to only able-bodied adults without dependents. It is expected to cut the number of people who receive food stamps by more than 600,000 nationwide.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
earlybird 12/5/2019 4:51:50 PM (No. 253793)
Long overdue...
22 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
john56 12/5/2019 4:55:56 PM (No. 253798)
Of course, with more people working, there should be fewer people on food stamps anyway.
18 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 12/5/2019 5:11:26 PM (No. 253805)
Look for a judge in California or Washington D.C. to issue a nationwide injunction blocking the implementation of the rule, just like clockwork.
28 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/5/2019 5:34:51 PM (No. 253824)
Yes! Sticking it to the lowest level of the Obama voters. Anybody who went along with what the kenyan clown did deserves everything they get.
3 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
jalo1951 12/5/2019 5:37:43 PM (No. 253826)
I'm with #3. Lots of crazy judges still out there. There are jobs going unfilled. Every time I go into our local Kroger not enough lanes open and one bag person for 3 or 4 lanes. Asked about it just today and the cashier said we can't get people to apply. What's up with that? I don't want anyone going hungry through no fault of their own. However, if you are sipping brews and watching the Game Show channel and are fully capable of holding down a job then eating is your problem.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
RobertJ984 12/5/2019 5:43:57 PM (No. 253835)
A single person sitting on their a$$.....getting fed by the taxpayer? I don’t
Think so!
Hunger.....is a great motivator
16 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
bad-hair 12/5/2019 5:46:26 PM (No. 253838)
I walk down the street and in every block I see signs saying "Now Hiring". Work. If you can't quite make it get the food stamps, but WORK.
10 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 12/5/2019 5:50:27 PM (No. 253843)
Great news. Less money being wasted on the lazy.
7 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
JimBob 12/5/2019 5:56:47 PM (No. 253846)
Note the 'scare' wording in the first sentence.
Let's put some of it in ALL CAPS to highlight the DRAMA.
"MORE than a HALF-A-MILLION PEOPLE are set to be THROWN OFF FOOD STAMPS after the TRUMP administration on Wednesday....."
Translation:
That MEAN, EEEVVVIIIILLLL Trump, THROWING those POOR PEOPLE off of Food Stamps..... they're all going to STARVE!
The Reality:
Reading a bit more on this, President Trump is simply taking the SNAP benefits for ABLE-BODIED WORKING AGE ADULTS WITH NO DEPENDENTS back to the NORMAL requirements where they can get something like 3 months of benefits every 36 months, any more than that and they have to work at least SOME hours.
During the Obama Recession, there were so many people out of work that the Federal government allowed states to apply for a waiver of the work requirements, so people could receive SNAP benefits without working at all.
Many states have ended the 'waivers', and have been back to 'normal requirements' for a couple of years. This action simply ends the 'waivers' for those states that have been letting them drag on... California and Illinois having the most 'waivered' unemployed working-age people with no dependents still sucking on the Government teat.
Hey, the national unemployment rate is something like 3% to 4%.
4% is considered 'Full Employment'.
Anyone who WANTS a job is already working.
To those who want to sit on their behinds and watch TV....... It's Time for YOU to Pull Your Own Weight!
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Headline should read:
More than half-a-million people will not be sucking up tax payer money.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lisa belanger 12/5/2019 6:14:48 PM (No. 253864)
people need to work for it some are capable
but the ones disable are excludeed......he is right
bill clinton was right also
4 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/5/2019 6:18:48 PM (No. 253865)
It’s a start.
6 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 12/5/2019 6:24:04 PM (No. 253868)
Boo freakin' Hoo.
6 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Rubinski 12/5/2019 6:39:06 PM (No. 253878)
I see a lot of people selling merchandise on Facebook marketplace such as 20 large containers of Gain or other laundry detergent and other household goods in bulk. I have long wondered if the items were purchased with foodstamp money.
8 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 12/5/2019 7:32:40 PM (No. 253910)
Food stamps are only meant for kids, no adult of any kind should be getting them.
3 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
LadyHen 12/5/2019 7:37:18 PM (No. 253914)
#14 I know women on assistance sell baby formula on ebay etc. It comes from WIC and from doctors offices. They make a tidy sum hawking our tax payer funded formula too.
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
tsquare 12/5/2019 7:38:07 PM (No. 253915)
As part of my volunteer work, I have found significant numbers of families with 4 or more working age adults who ...do not work. While applauding the food stamp decision...I do not think that removal of food stampscwilk remove barriers to employment, nor increase desire to work.
2 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
stablemoney 12/5/2019 7:45:04 PM (No. 253917)
More than 1/2 a million ABLE BODIED people will lose food stamps, and have to get a job. There are many unfilled jobs, and these 1/2 million and more are taking money that was intended for the old and sick.
4 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
MickTurn 12/5/2019 8:02:36 PM (No. 253922)
Hurray! A new govt. program, BUMS to WORK!
It's gonna hurt, most of the foodstamp cheats have been doing it for their entire life!
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
JimBob 12/5/2019 9:18:52 PM (No. 253963)
+1,000 Upvotes for MickTurn (#19)!
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If they took all of the illegal aliens and their anchor babies off, we would save a lot. At the food giveaway, it's usually elderly people. Last year the Mexican stroller brigade showed up with most pregnant and several anchor babies in tow; shoving in line before the elderly. It's sickening, knowing how much they receive in food assistance. The online application is shocking. Questions like Are you hiding from the law ?
One young black woman who was forced to find a job said she was upset because her food assistance went from $1000 a month to $400. It takes the 'fiancee' two paychecks to pay their rent.
The only two people I know who lost benefits were white, unemployable, and living in tool sheds.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Muguy 12/6/2019 1:52:29 AM (No. 254069)
Giving it a chance????
That in itself is near miraculous!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Trigger2 12/6/2019 2:51:11 AM (No. 254088)
Talk to any business and they'll tell you that they can't find anyone to work. They prefer to sit home on their arse and collect benefits.
1 person likes this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
HammerDax56 12/6/2019 5:42:15 AM (No. 254115)
Wake up people. There is so much abuse in food stamps!
It’s currency. They trade and swap for all kinds of services and stuff.
Every wonder why her manicure is over the top? Her iPhone newer than yours? Why she loads that supermarket haul into a high end SUV?
I’ve worked my entire life to feed mine. She can feed hers.
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