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Food stamp users, prepare for some belt-tightening. Harkening back to Clinton-era welfare economics of 1996, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan has proposed a $6.2 trillion cut to annual federal deficits for the next decade. The proposal, which passed the House earlier this month and resumes legislation today as Senators return from Easter-Passover break, would have a major impact on nutritional assistance programs.
The Ryan budget plan looks to cut the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by 20 percent between 2012 to 2021 by capping the open-ended system with a block-grant -- either by capping eligibility or benefits, or both. This means benefits would not fluctuate with economic need. States would instead be allotted a max.
If eligibility heads for the chopping block in 2012, more than 8 million people would be cut, reports the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities -- that's the equivalent of the population of the 30 smallest states. If benefits go, SNAP users would be reduced to 88 percent of the USDA's estimated needs-per-family in the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP). A family of four would lose $147 per month; families of three would lose $116.
No doubt, there's been opposition -- but none yet with a solid alternative, though Senate Democratic aids expect action from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
According to The Hill, Reid and a group of Dems spent their vacation soliciting American business investment in China, while Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) is expected to introduce a budget blueprint with recommendations from bipartisan negotiating group, Gang of Six. Stay tuned, Old Western-style, we imagine.
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4-26-2011 @8:48PM Scott said... Good, there are too many people leaching off the system!
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4-26-2011 @9:14PM Keith said... Leaching? Do you work for health & human services? If there is a problem then those people need to be reported.
4-26-2011 @10:53PM bill said... Most of us are having hard times these days and I see no wrong in helping those in the short term - say 6 - 9 months. Yet afterwards those still in need at least need to do some type of work - even basic volunteer community service work to further receive benefits.
4-28-2011 @2:26PM Brian said... Are you kidding, the local news station here in St Louis did a story showing the people taking money off their EBT cards and going strait into the casino!! You have to be kidding if you think the system isn't WAY WAY Broke!
4-27-2011 @12:56AM The Star said... People need to learn to prepare inexpensive, good wholesome food. Rice and beans prepared as a main meal is both nutritious and filling. Cooking a Purdue oven stuffer roaster is a fantastic way to get good quality protein and will be enough to last for several days. Most people can't or won't cook anymore. I'd wager most of the food stamp budget goes for processed foods.
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4-27-2011 @12:56AM The Star said... People need to learn to prepare inexpensive, good wholesome food. Rice and beans prepared as a main meal is both nutritious and filling. Cooking a Purdue oven stuffer roaster is a fantastic way to get good quality protein and will be enough to last for several days. Most people can't or won't cook anymore. I'd wager most of the food stamp budget goes for processed foods.
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4-27-2011 @5:06PM bugaloosnana said... I have a solid alternative. How about raising taxes on the rich, who are right now, paying less taxes than ever, some pay nothing at all! Why is it the poor to middle class always get the short end of the stick! Make the rich pay their fair share! Do away with tax loopholes for people over a certain income bracket. But since everyone in our government is rich, I don't see that happening any time soon. It's time for a revolution in this country.
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4-27-2011 @8:29PM Scott said... Really? Where did you get your facts? According to the Congressional Budget Office, the top 20% of the income brackets pay almost 70% of federal taxes. How much more do you think they have? http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/taxdistribution.cfm
4-28-2011 @1:56PM Brian said... Speaking of not paying at all most people under 50K not only don't pay anything in, they get tax credits that go above and beyond all that they had withheld, then on top of that they get food stamps, section 8 housing, enough already get a job, or volunteer, but you can't just expect the government to be your sugar daddy forever. WE ARE FLAT Azs BROKE people, there ain't no more money!!
4-27-2011 @10:39AM Will said... It is interesting to see that increasing a government program based on inflation and requiring that people that want to use it must be job hunting or are taking classes to better themselves and their abaility to get a job is considered throwing people out on the streets.
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4-28-2011 @3:49PM Frank said... I'm on food stamps, work part time, and go to school. I have a family of 3 and think I can do with out a hundred dollars in foodtamps if it means cutting down the budget for my children.I cut out junk food and do just fine. When I finsh school I can get a good full time job and let the program help someone else out.
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4-29-2011 @12:33PM bonetech said... It's too bad that there were not more people like you! If everyone were doing as you are, there would not be such a problem. That's is how it was designed to work... I applaud you.
4-29-2011 @12:31PM BONETECH said... It's about time the government cut where it's been needed for YEARS!! I have a family of THREE! We have to budget just to make it through every month and cross our fingers that nothing unforseen happens. Meanwhile, I know way too many people that are not working (not due to lay-off, btw) that get $600 or more every month for food!! $600 of my hard earned tax dollars that I worked over 40 hrs a week for, with my child in daycare, just so I CAN work! I am tired, so VERY tired of scraping by month to month, making good money, only to have it taken out of my check and given to some lazy piece of work that feels it's "due" to them! THANK YOU Republicans!!! Now....how about putting low income housing on that cut list....
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