SNAP

N.Y. Post: Anti-work, pro-welfare Democrats are in a food-stamp fury over attempts to cut costs

New York Post, April 20, 2023 Anti-work, pro-welfare Democrats are in a food-stamp fury over attempts to cut costs By James Bovard “Cutting SNAP will lead to homelessness, incarceration and death for 38 million Americans,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-Bronx/Yonkers) howled Monday. Bowman is enraged by a House Republican proposal to encourage some food-stamp recipients to […]

New York Post: Biden’s Food Handout Binge Will Defeat Anti-Obesity Effort

New York Post, September 29, 2022 Biden’s food-program funding binge will ensure anti-obesity programs fail By James Bovard “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie? I thought she was going to be here,” President Joe Biden pleaded Wednesday from the podium as he launched the White House Summit on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. He was looking […]

Trump Wants to Replace Food Stamps With Food Boxes to Save Money

(COMMONDREAMS) — Amid the outcry over President Donald Trump’s proposed 2019 budget—which also calls for massive spending cuts for education, healthcare, and foreign aid—policy experts and anti-hunger groups zeroed in on Tuesday on the administration’s plan to replace food stamps with boxes that would contain foods pre-selected by the Agriculture Department. Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management […]