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Breaking News 45 Wants to Change The Foodstamp Program

Judge_Judah said:
Trump wants to change it if where of you receive $90 or not per month, it will be cut in half. And in place of the decreased dollar amount, people will receivea box of non perishable food items....

Y'all think this is a good idea or nah?

http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/12/news/economy/food-stamps-box-blue-apron/index.html
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We'll I don't know about poor whites, but for blacks it'll be made into lemonade from the lemon. And just how much is spent on that box and how healthy?
 
Focal Point said:
We'll I don't know about poor whites, but for blacks it'll be made into lemonade from the lemon. And just how much is spent on that box and how healthy?
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Here's a excerpt from the article...


"Instead of receiving all their food stamp funds, households would get a box of food that the government describes as nutritious and 100% grown and produced in the U.S. The so-called USDA America's Harvest Box would contain items such as shelf-stable milk, juice, grains, cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans, canned meat, poultry or fish, and canned fruits and vegetables. The box would be valued at about half of the SNAP recipient's monthly benefit. The remainder of their benefits would be given to them on electronic benefit cards, as before."


These are some talking points I expect to see because of this...

"If all the *insert a brown skinned minority* weren't abusing the system, this wouldn't be necessary."


"Obama's mismanagement caused this. Trump is doing this to fix his mistakes."
 
Judge_Judah said:
Here's a excerpt from the article...


"Instead of receiving all their food stamp funds, households would get a box of food that the government describes as nutritious and 100% grown and produced in the U.S. The so-called USDA America's Harvest Box would contain items such as shelf-stable milk, juice, grains, cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans, canned meat, poultry or fish, and canned fruits and vegetables. The box would be valued at about half of the SNAP recipient's monthly benefit. The remainder of their benefits would be given to them on electronic benefit cards, as before."


These are some talking points I expect to see because of this...

"If all the *insert a brown skinned minority* weren't abusing the system, this wouldn't be necessary."


"Obama's mismanagement caused this. Trump is doing this to fix his mistakes."
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Hm, I can see complaints coming from this move, less money you'll see racism tossed around, but it'll really be classism and the need to stop giving money to the poor.
 
caddo man said:
Grocery stores will shoot this down fast. The Chamber of commerce around the nation will have this choked out before it even gets to a committee.
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What if, that tax bill was a way to soften the blow to the profits of the large chain supermarkets would take?
 
This is going to hurt the grocery chains and they, along with Dems and Republicans will push back on this

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dollar-stores-hammered-trump-proposal-200545163.html

Dollar Stores Hammered by Trump Proposal to Abandon Food Stamps

Shares of Dollar Tree Inc. and Dollar General Corp. both dropped on Monday after President Donald Trump unveiled the plan, which would slash cash payments and substitute them with packages of food -- potentially one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

The dollar chains are particularly vulnerable to the changes because they cater to less affluent shoppers. Dollar General and Dollar Tree’s Family Dollar division have signaled that food stamps account for roughly 5 percent of sales, according to Gordon Haskett Research Advisors analyst Chuck Grom.

But the changes -- if implemented -- would extend to a broad swath of the grocery industry, including Walmart Inc. and Kroger Co. The food-stamp program served 42.2 million people during the 2017 fiscal year, with many spending the benefits at supermarkets.

“Whenever the low-income consumer feels pressured, there’s going to be an effect,” said Poonam Goyal, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.

Dollar Tree fell as much as 3.7 percent to $103.68, while Dollar General was down 4.9 percent to $93.48. The declines largely wiped out gains by the two companies this year.

The plan to overhaul SNAP would save a projected $214 billion over a decade, according to the administration. It would give all households receiving more than $90 a month in cash a food-aid package that would include items such as shelf-stable milk, peanut butter, cereal and meat.
 
The Trump administration is proposing a major shake-up in one of the country's most important "safety net" programs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Under the proposal, most SNAP recipients would lose much of their ability to choose the food they buy with their SNAP benefits.

The proposal is included in the Trump administration budget request for fiscal year 2019. It would require approval from Congress.

Under the proposal, which was announced Monday, low-income Americans who receive at least $90 a month — just over 80 percent of all SNAP recipients — would get about half of their benefits in the form of a "USDA Foods package." The package was described in the budget as consisting of "shelf-stable milk, ready to eat cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans and canned fruit and vegetables." The boxes would not include fresh fruits or vegetables.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/12/585130274/trump-administration-wants-to-decide-what-food-snap-recipients-will-get?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
 
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