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Trump, Food Stamps, and the Escalation of Class Warfare.
How Trump’s proposed cuts further prove the escalation of the war against the poor.
Perhaps since the very moment his campaign began, when Donald Trump rode the Trump Tower escalator down to his podium and started his ascent to the Presidency, the left has been sounding the alarms that his populist message was a fraud. As if there wasn’t enough proof to determine this over the last few years, Trump has unfortunately offered us more.
According to a report by CBS News:
“The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would limit Americans’ access to food stamps, reportedly removing more than 3 million people from the federal program. The plan would eliminate automatic enrollment in food stamps for poor families who receive welfare benefits. The rule would erase what U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue called a “loophole” in welfare benefits. Currently, 43 states allow families who qualify for the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program, or TANF, to automatically receive food-stamp benefits, a link that the USDA wants to sever. Ending that practice would cut food-stamp spending by $2.5 billion per year, the Reuters news agency reported.”
