Debt Ceiling deal increases food stamp eligibility

[TheCount]

CBO: Debt Ceiling Deal Means 78,000 More Able-Bodied, Childless Adults Could Get Food Stamps

New work requirements will target those over age 50, but the debt ceiling deal also loosens existing work requirements for those under age 50.



One of the more fascinating sideshows of the debate over raising the federal government's debt ceiling has been the Republican-led effort to impose new work requirements on some food stamp recipients.

On the left, the idea that working-age, able-bodied, childless food stamp beneficiaries should be required to find employment in order to qualify for government benefits has been met with the usual shrill responses claiming that Republicans must hate the poor. On the right, the focus has been on ensuring government welfare systems aren't sending the wrong signals. "Incentives matter. And the incentives today are out of whack," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R–Calif.) said in an April speech at the New York Stock Exchange. "It's time to get Americans back to work."

In the end, however, the debt ceiling deal struck by McCarthy and President Joe Biden is likely to end up with more Americans qualifying for food stamps—in large part because the deal actually removes work requirements for many individuals currently subject to them.

https://reason.com/2023/06/01/debt-ceiling-deal-means-more-people-not-less-will-get-food-stamps/


Woops?

 

[69360]

I'd rather they spend millions more on feeding Amercans than send billions more to Ukraine.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I'd rather they spend millions more on feeding Amercans than send billions more to Ukraine.

Can't argue with that I suppose.

 

[tod evans]

I'd rather they spend millions more on feeding Amercans than send billions more to Ukraine.

I'd rather pay off the national debt instead of printing money.

 

[Dr.3D]

I'd rather they spend millions more on feeding Amercans than send billions more to Ukraine.

More like they are spending that money to feed illegal invaders.

 

[Occam's Banana]

I'd rather they spend millions more on feeding Amercans than send billions more to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/Antiwarcom/status/1664318346102472704

But that's still not enough for some ...

https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1664307671607001100

 

[69360]

I'd rather pay off the national debt instead of printing money.

So would I but that is never going to happen. The national debt and the debt ceiling are imaginary numbers now. Both are meaningless.

More like they are spending that money to feed illegal invaders.

They shouldn't be. No entitlements without citizenship. But you know if it came down to it, I think if the US was going to waste money, I would rather we feed Mexicans than arm Ukranians.