{"id":58912,"date":"2025-03-29T12:31:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58912"},"modified":"2025-03-29T12:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:31:33","slug":"working-for-food-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58912","title":{"rendered":"Working For Food Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about some changes Republican leaders want to make to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

GOP lawmakers are proposing major reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including work requirements for a vast swathe of eligible participants, the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) has learned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Republican Oklahoma Rep. Josh Brecheen and Utah Sen. Mike Lee will reintroduce the SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act (SRUMA) Thursday. The legislation would impose work requirements on food stamp recipients between the ages of 18 and 64, including individuals with children of six years of age or older<\/strong><\/p>\n

Able-bodied adults with no dependents between the ages of 18 and 54 are currently eligible for three months of SNAP benefits over three years before work requirements start to kick in, according<\/a> to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support work requirements for individuals receiving SNAP benefits, according to a 2023 poll<\/a> conducted by the Axios-Ipsos American Health Index.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Eight in ten registered Republican voters told the survey they back work requirements for SNAP or Medicaid recipients.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Brecheen and Lee\u2019s proposal to rein in the cost of the entitlement program comes as GOP lawmakers are aiming<\/a> to slash trillions in federal spending to help offset the cost of the president\u2019s tax and spending priorities Congress is currently negotiating.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 42 million Americans received monthly SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2023, according<\/a> to USDA data. Since the 1990s, federal SNAP spending has risen from less than $20 billion to more than $110 billion, according to information shared by Brecheen\u2019s office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another suggested revision to the SNAP program is to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase soft drinks and most junk food. I may be cynical, but I suspect that if that rule is put into place, we will see a lot of food products suddenly renamed to avoid the restriction.<\/p>\n

Change is needed. I don’t mind helping a person buy food in a time of need, but I also believe that people who are able to work should be required to work at least part time to get government benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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