Human beings need food. It’s a basic necessity we all require. So why are we fighting about who gets it and under what circumstances?
The Trump administration’s latest attack on the poor came this week in the form of a finalized rule that will impose stricter work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Some 700,000 people nationally will now lose SNAP assistance, often referred to as food stamps. This move will hurt them. Simply put, these people will go hungry.
[Read Erin McAleer’s commentary here]
