USDA threatens food security
BY WILLIE D. FRANCOIS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 02/12/19 07:30 AM EST
... In the presidents recitation of anniversaries well commemorate in 2019 such as 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing and 75 years since D-Day he failed to mention the 400 years that blacks have survived American capitalism.
In 1619, the first Africans arrived in Virginia as property, an arrangement that became chattel economics. The president likewise failed to telegraph that his administration is jeopardizing food assistance for Americas needy with a proposed rule that places barriers to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...
Although Trump signed a clean farm bill in December, his administration plans to impose work requirements on SNAP recipients through executive order potentially disqualifying 755,000 beneficiaries. The Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 authorized the structure and funding for SNAP (still known as food stamps), but the proposed rule would limit benefits to three months for unemployed and underemployed persons without dependent children. This would undo a central feature of the farm bill. Scores of advocates for the needy intend to express opposition to the proposal during a public comment period through April 2 ...
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/429508-trumps-usda-threatens-food-security-for-hard-working-americans