OTHER PEOPLE FELL VICTIM TO
ONLINE DATING SCAMS.
YOU SHOULD CONTACT THEM IF YOU
THINK YOU'RE BEING SCAMMED.
THOUSANDS TO BE KICKED OFF
FOOD STAMPS UNDER NEW TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION ROLES.
STATE OFFICIALS HAVE UNTIL
NEXT WEEK TO FILE OBJECTIONS
WHICH WILL TAKE AWAY FOOD
STAMPS FROM ALMOST 2 MILLION
LOW INCOME FAMILIES NATIONWIDE.
Reporter: THE NEW RULES
DISQUALIFIED THOUSANDS OF
MINNESOTA FAMILIES WHO EARN
MORE THAN 27 BATTLES DOLLARS.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
NATIONWIDE, IT COULD SAVE $2.5
BILLION A YEAR.
THE RULES END FOOD STAMPS IN
MINNESOTA FOR FAMILIES EARNING
UP TO $34,000.
REQUIRING FAMILIES BE ON
WELFARE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS
. AND TESTING INCOME AND
ASSETS.
THE NEW TRUMP RULES WOULD
LITERALLY TAKE FOOD OFF THE
TABLES OF THOUSANDS OF
MINNESOTANS. 43 STATES,
INCLUDING MINNESOTA, DO NOT
TEST FOR ASSETS LIKE HOUSES AND
401(K)S.
THEY AUTOMATICALLY SIGN UP LOW
INCOME FAMILIES FOR FOOD STAMPS
WHO APPLY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.
IN 2018, 416,000 MINNESOTANS
GOT FOOD STAMPS.
THEIR AVERAGE BENEFIT, $110 A
MONTH.
THE MINNESOTA HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES 35,000
MINNESOTANS WILL LOSE FOOD
BENEFITS, INCLUDING 18,000
CHILDREN.
8800 PARENTS.
3200 SENIORS.
AND 2900 DISABLED ADULTS.
THAT IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY.
FOODSTAMP CUTS WILL HIT
MIDWESTERNERS HARDER THAN THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY.
15% OF FAMILIES IN MINNESOTA,
NORTH DAKOTA, 17%.
WISCONSIN, 18%.
IOWA, 16%.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SITES
FRAUD AND ABUSE AS REASONS FOR
THE CHANGE. BUT INVESTIGATORS
REPORT, $592 MILLION NATIONWIDE
IN MISSPENT FOODSTAMP PAYMENTS,
THAT IS LESS THAN 1% OF THE
TOTAL PROGRAM.
