Just two months after America’s 47 million food stamp recipients got hit with an automatic $5 billion benefits reduction, Congress is getting ready to cut even more out of the nutrition program. Lawmakers are currently hammering out the details on a finalized 2013 Farm Bill which is likely to reduce food stamp benefits by $8.7 billion over the next decade.
Unlike the $5 billion “hunger cliff,” the Farm Bill proposal would not cut benefits for all food stamp recipients across the board. Instead, it would affect approximately 850,000 households spread across 15 states. The affected households would lose an average $90 per month in benefits, according to a 2013 report from the Congressional Research Service.
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4 comments:
How about cutting waste in the fn military.you know $5 for a bolt.
the title of the article is misleading, read the article it is about closing loopholes. besides cutting 9 billion over ten years is not a crisis. what is a crisis is the rate we are spending money we don't have
What about the loopholes for illegals
Cap welfare benefits at two kids. The rest of us don't get raises every time we reproduce.
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