Trump administration wants to cut food stamps to thousands of seniors, lawmakers say

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

More than 8,000 poor senior citizens in Illinois and other states face a "catastrophic" outcome under a Trump administration plan to cut food stamp benefits on January 1, according to lawmakers.


Senator Dick Durbin and other Illinois lawmakers are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the benefit, which is for poor seniors who live in one of 154 supportive living facilities across the state, according to a November 18 letter to USDA secretary Sonny Perdue.

The agency didn't immediately return a request for comment.

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Durbin and the other lawmakers said it "remains unclear why USDA is deciding to decertify 8,000 individuals from SNAP, since they are clearly eligible themselves to qualify for SNAP participation," referring to the the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known better as food stamps.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-cut-food-stamps-seniors/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Of course they do.

Apparently they think covid19 hasn't killed quite enough old people yet.

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. Seriously? He doesn't know why?

Has he been asleep the last five years?

[MissMillie]

3. Wait... I've seen this one before

He cuts the food stamp program, and then he adds a letter to the food box telling people that it's his doing that they're getting a food box.

[sprinkleeninow]

4. Just like the stimulus check with his disgusting scrawl on ithe accompanying letter.

[I WAS supposed to get a SS direct deposit, but at least I got the $$.

I black 'sharpied' his ugly name out then ripped it up and tossed it in the garbage bin.]

[sakabatou]

5. Once again, Trump wants to kill people

[iluvtennis]

14. + agree. nt

[jayschool2013]

6. I need to check something

And ... yes, Illinois voted for Biden.

[mpcamb]

7. Lincoln Project! Make an ad begining with his Senior vote begging and then food stamp cuts.

[abqtommy]

8. Oh yeah, that's the tRUMP/reTHUG health care plan. It's called "Just Die Already"!

[rickyhall]

9. Revenge for kicking his sorry ass out of The Presidency.

[Bayard]

10. Democratic State, Democrat Governor

Next will be Calif. and NY.

[MRDAWG]

11. Sonny Perdue is a scumbag just like his cousin in the Senate**

*

[onetexan]

12. WTH?? The Con wants to kill more people beyond the upwards of 260K covid-related?

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Well, bless their dark, little rat-fucking hearts. More pain on the way out the door. Who they are.

[OneBro]

15. Will this affect Georgia and thus be a potential campaign issue for the upcoming Senate races?

[Turbineguy]

16. If you are trump and kill everybody else

over the age of 65, you end up as the oldest person in the country.

That makes you special.