Trump proposes long-term, 25-percent cut in food stamps, cost-sharing by states

The White House proposed a $193-billion cut in food stamp spending over the next decade, achieved by restricting benefits to able-bodied adults and by having states shoulder 20 percent of the cost of the program. Jim Weill, of the anti-hunger Food Research and Action Center, said the cost-sharing plan “would make the program collapse” during… » Read More

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