Millions of women and children are at risk of losing food benefits during the shutdown. The USDA just killed the long-running survey that would track the fallout.
I’m not surprised by willingness to whack the poor. But SNAP was a combined subsidy to both the poor and to farmers. You’d think that when the Republicans — the rural party — hold a trifecta, that farmers wouldn’t be getting hit. And they’ve gotten hit on migrant labor, SNAP cuts, and the trade wars.
I’m not surprised by willingness to whack the poor. But SNAP was a combined subsidy to both the poor and to farmers. You’d think that when the Republicans — the rural party — hold a trifecta, that farmers wouldn’t be getting hit. And they’ve gotten hit on migrant labor, SNAP cuts, and the trade wars.