Food Stamp Benefits Set To Shrink

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Some 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits shrink by an average of 5 percent this week.

So in addition to the $5 billion cut to benefits taking effect today, many in Congress want to rein in food stamp spending even more.

The Democratic-controlled Senate would reduce it by $4.5 billion over 10 years; the Republican-led House would cut 10 times that amount, slashing spending on food stamps by almost $40 billion.


Why? Because fuck the poor, that why.

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