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Thu Jul 20, 2017, 01:02 PM Jul 2017

The return of welfare reform

The return of welfare reform
by Tara Golshan Jun 30, 2017, 9:10am EDT

Congressional conservatives see an opportunity to push for more than $200 billion in cuts to welfare programs, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and food stamps (SNAP), that serve as a safety net for the nation’s most vulnerable population — on top of cuts already being pursued in the health care bill.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has proposed reforms to TANF and SNAP that could cut upward of $214 billion, according to estimations by the conservative group Heritage Foundation, by harshening eligibility requirements to receive food aid and temporary assistance, adding additional layers of work requirements, and increasing the burden on impoverished families. The Heritage Foundation has also thrown its support behind Rep. Garret Graves’s (R-LA) bill, which would also expand work requirements.

Their demands would reduce government aid for the poorest Americans, in order to help fund tax cuts that are projected to primarily benefit the very rich. If this proposal goes through, fewer people would receive benefits, and not necessarily because they don’t need them.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/30/15829998/return-welfare-reform-budget

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