deanrd
Gold Member
- May 8, 2017
- 29,411
- 3,639
- 290
- Banned
- #1
Facts on Food Stamp Work Requirements - FactCheck.org
According to CBO, 62 percent of the 1.2 million who would ultimately lose benefits would be able-bodied adults caring for children 6 or older.
CBO says another 400,000 households per year would lose eligibility due to a change that would cut off SNAP eligibility for those whose gross income exceeds 130 percent of poverty, instead of the 200 percent threshold for SNAP recipients in some states.
While children and seniors would not have their benefits cut, Democrats say if a working-age adult loses benefits, that would reduce the food assistance to the household, and that could translate to less food for children or seniors living with adults who lose benefits.
As mentioned earlier, CBO says 1.2 million fewer people would receive SNAP benefits per month in 2028. Of those, 62 percent, or 744,000, are adults with dependent children over the age of 6.
According to CBO, “If their households lost SNAP eligibility because of the revised threshold and their families were not otherwise eligible for free meals, those children would be eligible only for reduced-price or paid meals.”
CBO estimates that in an average year, about 265,000 children would lose access to free school meals under this provision.
-------------------------------
Gotcha! Republicans once again fuk the poor and children. But it's OK. I suspect a large number of them are Trump voters.
Remember, this is the party that gave ginormous tax cuts to needy billionaires and corporations.
But they think the poor simply don't work enough or even hard enough.
And children must be punished, along with the elderly.
After all, tax cuts for needy billionaires are expensive.
According to CBO, 62 percent of the 1.2 million who would ultimately lose benefits would be able-bodied adults caring for children 6 or older.
CBO says another 400,000 households per year would lose eligibility due to a change that would cut off SNAP eligibility for those whose gross income exceeds 130 percent of poverty, instead of the 200 percent threshold for SNAP recipients in some states.
While children and seniors would not have their benefits cut, Democrats say if a working-age adult loses benefits, that would reduce the food assistance to the household, and that could translate to less food for children or seniors living with adults who lose benefits.
As mentioned earlier, CBO says 1.2 million fewer people would receive SNAP benefits per month in 2028. Of those, 62 percent, or 744,000, are adults with dependent children over the age of 6.
According to CBO, “If their households lost SNAP eligibility because of the revised threshold and their families were not otherwise eligible for free meals, those children would be eligible only for reduced-price or paid meals.”
CBO estimates that in an average year, about 265,000 children would lose access to free school meals under this provision.
-------------------------------
Gotcha! Republicans once again fuk the poor and children. But it's OK. I suspect a large number of them are Trump voters.
Remember, this is the party that gave ginormous tax cuts to needy billionaires and corporations.
But they think the poor simply don't work enough or even hard enough.
And children must be punished, along with the elderly.
After all, tax cuts for needy billionaires are expensive.
