At least 500,000 people will lose their food stamp benefits this year as many states revert to a strict three-month limitation on benefits, according to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
At the extreme, as many as one million of the country’s poorest people will lose food assistance, which averages $150 to $170 per person per month.
Those affected are people aged 18 to 49 who aren’t disabled or raising minor children. Most of them live a subsistence existence, scraping by with the help of government and charitable organizations and low-paying jobs, although college students are also eligible. Read more.
{Matzav.com Newscenter}
This is the fault of the GOP Congress that forced President Clinton to sign their racist welfare “reform” law!
Uh oh. What about my Obama phone?
OH NO!! Are they actually gonna have to go get . . . (gulp) . . . a job?!?!?!
People in the comments are kenakadik. but People like commenters would complain if the government decided to cut them for families of minor children!