Block grants would undermine food stamps, says free-enterprise think tank

The perennial Republican proposal to convert food stamps into a block grant “would severely undermine” the anti-hunger program’s ability to respond immediately to economic downturns, says the American Enterprise Institute, an exponent of free enterprise. In a paper aimed at the 2018 farm bill, AEI says “the program could be strengthened by doing more to… » Read More

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