DONALD TRUMP HAS ROLLED OUT HIS
RECENT BUDGET PROPOSAL AND OF
COURSE, IT INCLUDES DEEP CUTS TO
SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL
SAFETY NETS INCLUDING MEDICARE
AND MEDICAID.
ANOTHER TARGET
FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM WHICH LOW
INCOME FAMILIES RELY ON IN ORDER
TO PUT FOOD ON THE
TABLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
RECENTLY MICK MULVANEY WHO IS
THE WHITE HOUSE BUDGET
DIRECTOR WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS
DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE
AND LISTEN TO THE PROPOSAL THAT
HE JUST MADE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
WHAT WE DO IS PROPOSE THAT
FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ON FOOD
STAMPS PART NOT ALL, PART OF
THEIR BENEFITS COME AN
ACTUAL SORT OF, AND WANT TO
STILL SOMEBODY'S COPYRIGHT,
BUT A BLUE APRON TYPE PROGRAM
WHERE YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVE
THE FOOD INSTEAD OF
RECEIVE THE CASH.
IT LOWERS THE COST TO US
BECAUSE WE CAN BUY PRICES AT
WHOLESALE WEST THEY HAVE
TO BUY IN RETAIL.
IT ALSO MAKE SURE THEY'RE
GETTING THE TRICIA SPEED SO
WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO HE USED THE BRAND BLUE
APRON WHICH BY THE WAY, DELIVERS
FRESH INGREDIENTS TO CONSUMERS
WHO PURCHASE THEIR PRODUCT BUT
THAT IS NOT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
UNDER THE MODEL THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING.
KEEP IN MIND:
SO IF YOU THINK THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WOULD DELIVER FRESH,
DELICIOUS FOOD TO PEOPLE WHO
NEED FOOD STAMPS, OF COURSE 
YOU
WOULD BE WRONG.
SO WHAT FALLS UNDER THE
CATEGORY OF NONPERISHABLE FOOD
ITEMS?
ARE THOSE FRESH FOODS
THAT ARE HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS
FOR PEOPLE?
OF COURSE NOT.
ONLY CANNED ONES.
BECAUSE CANNED MEATS, CANNED
FRUIT AND CANNED VEGETABLES
ARE REALLY NUTRITIOUS FOR YOU.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS, WHAT
ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND
THEN I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
ON WHY IT IS NOT GOING TO PASS.
IT'S A TWO FOR ON WHY THEY ARE
DOING THIS.
ONE, THEY CUT THE
BUDGET SO THEY GIVE AWAY ALL
THIS MONEY TO THE RICH AND THEIR
TAX-CUT SO THEY NEED TO FIND THE
MONEY SOMEWHERE SO THEY'RE GOING
TO TAKE IT FROM THE POOR.
YOU NEED $90 A MONTH.
$90 A MONTH FOR YOUR FAMILY.
LIVING HIGH UP.
GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM
YOU.
EVERYBODY IN THE TOP 1%
GOT A TAX BREAK OF OVER $50,000
PER YEAR.
THE RICH GET 50,000 A
YEAR, FOR YOU THEY'RE GOING TO
TAKE AWAY YOUR $90 BECAUSE THEY
HAVE TO MAKE IT UP.
NUMBER TWO
IS IT IS GOING TO DO CRONY
CAPITALISM.
THEY ARE GOING TO
GIVE IT TO WHOEVER GIVES THE
MORE DONATIONS.
THEY'RE GOING TO
SAY YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE THE
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TO GET THIS
FOOD.
THEY SAY LOOK, IT COULD
CUT THE PRICE ON ALL OF THIS
FOOD BECAUSE AT LEAST WE'RE
BUYING AT WHOLESALE.
THAT SEEMS
TO MAKE SOME SENSE, INSTEAD OF
RETAIL BUT WAIT, HOW ABOUT
DISTRIBUTION?
NORMALLY WHEN YOU
GIVE THEM THE COUPON PEOPLE GO
BY THERE ON THEIR OWN ANY DON'T
HAVE TO DELIVER THE FOOD TO
THEM.
THAT IS ABOUT A THIRD OF
THE COST FOR BLUE APRON AS AN
EXAMPLE.
OF ALL THEIR CAUSES
JUST DISTRIBUTION.
THERE GOES A
LOT OF YOUR SAVINGS FROM
WHOLESALE VERSUS RETAIL AND THEN
ON TOP OF THAT, HOW ABOUT IF
THERE PERSON IS A DIABETIC OR
SENIOR CITIZEN OR KIDS.
THEY
NEED DIFFERENT FOOD.
THE
LOGISTICS OF TRYING TO FIGURE
THAT OUT IS A NIGHTMARE.
YOU
KNOW THAT WE DO?
GOVERNMENT
BUREAUCRACY AND BIG GOVERNMENT.
SO IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
IT
IS GOING TO COST YOU MORE MONEY
NOT LESS.
IS THAT WHY IT IS NOT
GOING TO PASS?
NO.
THEY DO THAT
FOR CRONY CAPITALISM IN A 2ND.
NO, IT IS NOT GOING TO PASS FOR
TWO REASONS.
ONE, THEY ARE
SIMPLY TOO MANY AMERICANS ON
FOOD STAMPS AND A LOT OF THEM
ARE REPUBLICANS SO IN PLACES
LIKE WEST VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY,
ARKANSAS, AND KEEPING IT REAL
THEY'RE GOING TO GO WAY, YOU'RE
GOING TO CUT MY FOOD STAMPS?
I
HAVE A DOLLAR 50 EXTRA ON THE
TAX CUTS PER WEEK BUT I JUST
LOST ALL THE MONEY ON FOOD
STAMPS.
I DO NOT LIKE THAT.
THEY TRIED TOLD IN TEXAS AND
PEOPLE REBELLED AND THEN THE
SECOND AND MORE IMPORTANT REASON
WHY IT IS NOT GOING TO PASS, YOU
KNOW WHO IS AGAINST IT?
WALMART,
TARGET, AND ALL THE OTHER GIANT
STORES.
A HUGE PORTION OF THEIR
REVENUE COMES FROM FOOD STAMP
RECIPIENTS SO THEY ARE ALREADY
GOING AFTER THE GOVERNMENT OVER
THIS PROPOSAL SO NORMAL YOU GET
YOUR FOOD STAMP AND YOU GO TO
WALMART PROBABLY WHERE YOU WORK
BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY YOU
ENOUGH FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO
LIVE WITHOUT FOOD STAMPS AND
THEN YOU SPEND THEM AT WALMART.
IF THE GOVERNMENT SENT TO THE
FOOD THAT YOU CANNOT SHOP AT
WALMART.
WALMART IS A GIANT
LOBBYIST.
THEY ARE GOING TO
SEND ALL OF THEIR GUYS TO LOBBY
AND THEY ARE GOING TO BUY ALL OF
THOSE POLITICIANS AND MAKE SURE
THEY KILL THIS BILL.
THAT IS MY
GUESS AS TO HOW IT WILL GO DOWN,
BUT IS ANOTHER TERRIBLE
REPUBLICAN TRICK TO REDISTRIBUTE
THE WEALTH FROM THE AVERAGE AND
POOR AMERICANS TO THE VERY TOP.
ALSO, I ALSO ALWAYS FIND IT
FASCINATING HOW THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY CONSISTENTLY ARGUES THAT
AMERICANS NEED LESS GOVERNMENT
IN THEIR LIVES.
THEY NEED LESS
OF THE NANNY STATE, LESS OF THE
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY AT THE
SAME TIME, THEY PROPOSE
RIDICULOUS THINGS LIKE THIS THAT
WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE THEM
PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT YOU
EAT IF YOU DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH
MONEY TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE
FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND BY THE
WAY, SOME MIGHT SAY WELL, IF YOU
ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU
NEED FOOD STAMPS AND YOU ARE
USING GOVERNMENT MONEY, MAYBE
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO
TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T
EAT BUT THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF AMERICANS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE
FULL-TIME JOBS AND THEY STILL
DON'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR
KIDS.
THAT IS THE REAL ISSUE
HERE.
THE FACT THAT WE
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THE US
AND THEIR PAID SO LITTLE, THEY
ARE NOT PAID A LIVING WAGE AND
THESE CORPORATIONS HAVE TO BE
SUBSIDIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN
THE FORM OF FOOD STAMPS FOR
THEIR EMPLOYEES.
THIS SYSTEM IS SO MESSED UP.
SO ALL OF THOSE TENS OF MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE THEY SEE ON FOOD
STAMPS DO NOT THINK THAT THEY
ARE ALL SITTING ON THEIR
COUCHES AND WATCHING TV
AND THEY ARE LAZY.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE FULL-TIME
JOBS THE.
THAT'S RIGHT, AND THEY STILL
CAN'T AFFORD IT.
