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I have spoken at length about work requirements, and this is why.
What is happening in Arkansas is infuriating.
There's a lot to unpack here, and I know threads can be tedious, but please stay with me. 1/
I have spoken at length about work requirements, and this is why.
What is happening in Arkansas is infuriating.
There's a lot to unpack here, and I know threads can be tedious, but please stay with me. 1/
I live in rural PA, where progressives can be pretty moderate. Last spring, a member of our local progressive group's Facebook page commented, "What's the big deal? If they're able bodied, shouldn't they work?" The comment got "likes," so I asked to speak at the next meeting. 2/
I explained to the group that the goal of #workrequirements was not to get people to work, but to kick ppl off #Medicaid. I stressed that the bureaucracy surrounding work requirements targets those who work. After the meeting, so many said, "I hadn't thought of it that way." 3/
Literally right as House & Senate began conference on the #FarmBill this morning, @USDA released a report finding 15 MILLION American households—about 1 in 6—struggled to put food on the table at some point last year. ers.usda.gov/publications/p…
Yet House Republicans, led by @ConawayTX11, are STILL pushing for massive cuts to nutrition assistance that would take food away from 2 million Americans.
These are the members of Congress who are deciding whether to maintain food assistance through SNAP—or to take food out of the mouths of hungry kids & families to pay for millionaire & corporate tax cuts👇👇👇
handsoffsnap.org #handsoffSNAP #FarmBill
handsoffsnap.org #handsoffSNAP #FarmBill
As of this morning, Republicans are still pushing ahead for a vote on the #GOPFarmBill, which would strip more than 2 million Americans of food assistance.
So it feels like a good time to review some facts about hunger in America.
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So it feels like a good time to review some facts about hunger in America.
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For many of us, the word “hunger” evokes third-world images of kids with distended bellies. Or maybe the homeless man sitting on the subway grate. But in America in 2018, hunger and food insecurity are an alarmingly widespread experience.
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In a recent national survey conducted by @amprog, nearly 40% of Americans report that they or someone in their immediate family faced serious problems with “having too little money to buy food”—just within the past year. americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…
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As of now, Congress is plowing ahead with a vote on a Farm Bill that slashes food assistance by $23 billion. Often lost in the discussion are the people who are helped by food assistance. Here are some of their stories. 1/7
Let’s start with the basics: Food insecurity is a widespread problem. Almost 1 in 7 Americans have a hard time affording food. Here’s what that looks like by state. 2/7 talkpoverty.org/poverty/?filte… 
As it stands, the House Farm Bill will cut nutrition benefits for about 2 million people by making work requirements even harsher. Since most recipients already work, that’s just going to add the type of red tape conservatives say they hate. 3/7 talkpoverty.org/2018/04/20/wor…
