Sanders writes: "Let's be absolutely clear about what Trump is doing with his food stamps work requirements rule: he is attacking the poor."
Sen. Bernie Sanders. (photo: Getty)
27 December 18
et’s be absolutely clear about what Trump is doing with his food stamps work requirements rule: he is attacking the poor.
Trump has no problem giving massive tax cuts to billionaires and corporate welfare to the wealthiest companies in America. But when it comes to helping the most vulnerable people in our society with programs like food stamps, he wants to make it harder for people to get assistance. That, to my mind, is just unconscionable.
In 2015 food stamps kept about 8.4 million people out of poverty, including 3.8 million children. We should be expanding programs like food stamps that lift people out of poverty, not making them even harder to access.
