Paul Ryan's Last Act: Kicking At Least One Million People Off Food Stamps

[Soph0571]

So how is he trying to change this bill? They are adding the changes to the "House Farm Bill" and upping the age to 59 instead of 49. You will still have to work work at least 20 hours a week, but that jumps to 25 hours per week starting in 2026. If you can't find a job for some reason, states will be responsible for offering you a spot in a training program (how will you get paid or pay for childcare, who knows). If you refuse to attend or violate some other rule, you will be kicked off SNAP for a full 12 months. Mess up again and the punishment jumps to 3 years.

Based on these work requirements, the CBO has determined that over 1.2 million people would no longer be eligible due to the work requirement alone. On paper, it looks good, though. Slate reports that it will be a true "welfare to work" bill. But it will end up costing more money overall, especially to states with high unemployment, as they will have to provide job training to everyone ages 18-59. This bill also creates a huge vacuum of hoops for SNAP recipients to jump through. They will have to provide proof every single month that they worked 20 hours per week, were in training or were exempt. Who is going to do those verifications? States will have to hire people to fill those jobs.

[link:https://crooksandliars.com/2018/05/paul-ryans-last-act-kicking-least-one|

One can only hope that karma at some point will take huge chunk out of his arse

[shraby]

1. One thing about karma is it bites hard and fast when one is least expecting it.

[sharedvalues]

2. Koches got a $1 billion tax cut.

To any GOP sucker who depends on the social safety net: the GOP billionaires got the tax cut they paid for. Do you understand who is lying to you now?

[oasis]

6. While decades of corporate welfare have gone without mention. nt

[sharedvalues]

7. Minnesota gave an nfl team $1billion!

I bet it’s citizens would prefer that money was spent in healthcare or the social safety net.

[bluecollar2]

3. Another scheme to subsidize private prisons

People are going to end up engaging in illegal activity if they can't find work.

Pair that with Sessions' desire to incarcerate and you have a system geared up to support the prison industry.

[Achilleaze]

4. "Don't waste our beautiful minds on this." - KGOP repugs & Dirty Donny*

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

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[oasis]

5. Thanks for posting. The GOP termites are doing major damage to America. nt