ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO
ADD WORK REQUIREMENTS
FOR FOOD STAMPS.
RESERVATIONS.
IN A HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE
HEARING THIS MORNING,
JOHNSON HEARD ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS THIS
CHANGE WOULD HAVE.
THE U-S-D-A ESTIMATES 755-
THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 2020
WOULD NOT MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS.
"NOBODY, NOBODY IS GETTING
KICKED OFF THIS
PROGRAM AS LONG AS THEY'RE
WILLING TO WORK 20
HOURS A WEEK OR DO OTHER
EXERCISES, PROGRAMS,
ACTIVITIES THAT QUALIFY,"
"NOW... IF YOU'RE ABLE-
BODIED AND DON'T WANT TO
WORK, THEN AS A SOCIETY,
WE
REALLY NEED TO ASK WHY WE
ARE PROVIDING YOU ACCESS
TO
PROGRAMS."
IN THE COMMITTEE HEARING,
DEMOCRATS WERE STRONGLY
GENERATED NEARLY 75,000
COMMENTS. MANY OF THEM
ARE AGAINST THE PROPOSED
RULE CHANGE. THERE IS A
STILL
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO
SHARE A COMMENT.
WE HAVE A LINK ON KELOLAND
DOT COM.
