Trump to cut food stamps and Medicaid

[PlanetChee]

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"We need people to go to work," White House Budget director Mick Mulvaney told reporters at a briefing Monday. "If you are on food stamps, we need you to go to work. If you are on disability and you should not be, we need you to go back to work."

Food stamp cuts would drive millions from the program, while a wave of Medicaid cuts could deny nursing home care to millions of elderly poor people.

The budget does feature a handful of domestic initiatives, including a six-week paid parental leave program championed by Trump's daughter, Ivanka. Another $200 billion in federal infrastructure investments is promised to leverage another $800 billion in private investment.

Excerpted from CTVNews Trump administration sending Congress $4.1-trillion budget

 

I agree with cuts to programs that are routes people who can work take advantage of in order to live for free on working class peoples labors. 

Welfare should be a hand up, not a career. 

[MorningGlory]

I think children, the elderly and the disabled should be eligible for food stamps.  No one else.  If you're able to work you should work.  And that's Biblical.  Think of the money the feds would save by NOT feeding the layabouts and druggies.  Food stamp benefits are often sold for cash as well.  And of course the libs fight drug testing to receive benefits.  Wouldn't want to kick any druggies off the dole.

[other one]

22 minutes ago, MorningGlory said:

I think children, the elderly and the disabled should be eligible for food stamps.  No one else.  If you're able to work you should work.  And that's Biblical.  Think of the money the feds would save by NOT feeding the layabouts and druggies.  Food stamp benefits are often sold for cash as well.  And of course the libs fight drug testing to receive benefits.  Wouldn't want to kick any druggies off the dole.

We drug test some of our recipients and found that it costs more to do the testing on a regular basis than it saves

[MorningGlory]

1 hour ago, other one said:

We drug test some of our recipients and found that it costs more to do the testing on a regular basis than it saves

Really?  That's discouraging.

[Running Gator]

53 minutes ago, MorningGlory said:

Really?  That's discouraging.

 Or perhaps it should be encouraging as it might mean that not that many food stamp recipients are drug users as you think 

[missmuffet]

8 minutes ago, Running Gator said:

 Or perhaps it should be encouraging as it might mean that not that many food stamp recipients are drug users as you think 

Yes, isn't that labeling someone who is genuinely disabled?

[other one]

1 hour ago, MorningGlory said:

Really?  That's discouraging.

Not really, there just weren't very many positives, and we check those who are suspected of doing drugs.

[other one]

19 minutes ago, Running Gator said:

 Or perhaps it should be encouraging as it might mean that not that many food stamp recipients are drug users as you think 

That is the case here for the ones they check. We check the people that fall into a group that is most likely to be users and few are.

 

 

[other one]

34 minutes ago, Abby-Joy said:

Yes, and a lot of the jobs in Branson are seasonal...

But they are jobs. In between my two careers I had two temp jobs to stay off of unemployment benefits. 

[Wolf Bridges]

6 hours ago, PlanetChee said:

I agree with cuts to programs that are routes people who can work take advantage of in order to live for free on working class peoples labors. 

Welfare should be a hand up, not a career. 

Amen!