The myth of the undeserving poor resurfaces
Fresh from giving its presumed approval to a budget deal increasing federal spending by $50 billion in the next fiscal year and signing a tax cut that will bring more than $1.5 trillion in benefits to corporations and the wealthy over the next decade, the Trump administration moved Tuesday to throw 3 million indigent and working families off food stamps.
The administration says it's doing this, no joke, to save money - as much as $2.5 billion a year, according to its announcement of the policy change, which will be subject to public comments for 60 days.
Sadly, there's nothing new about Republican hostility to the food stamp program, which is formally known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. It's a rare budget season that doesn't involve an
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