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Florida Republicans take away food stamps from 230,000 people because "every tax dollar is sacred"
Florida Republicans take away food stamps from 230,000 people because ‘every tax dollar is sacred’
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/florida-republicans-take-away-food-stamps-from-230000-people-because-every-tax-dollar-is-sacred/
The House Appropriations Committee passed House Bill 581 to return eligibility standards for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, to pre-recession levels, reported the Tampa Bay Times.
The bill, which was introduced by freshman state Rep. Frank White (R-Pensacola), would restore income eligibility for households to 130 percent of the poverty level, the minimum level set by the federal government, after it was raised to 200 percent of the poverty level during the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009.
That would take away food stamp benefits from a family of four making more than $2,633 a month, which is 130 percent of the poverty level, but less than $4,050 a month, which is 200 percent.
“I think every tax dollar is sacred,” White said during the committee hearing. “We should spend those tax dollars as if they are our own.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/florida-republicans-take-away-food-stamps-from-230000-people-because-every-tax-dollar-is-sacred/
The House Appropriations Committee passed House Bill 581 to return eligibility standards for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, to pre-recession levels, reported the Tampa Bay Times.
The bill, which was introduced by freshman state Rep. Frank White (R-Pensacola), would restore income eligibility for households to 130 percent of the poverty level, the minimum level set by the federal government, after it was raised to 200 percent of the poverty level during the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009.
That would take away food stamp benefits from a family of four making more than $2,633 a month, which is 130 percent of the poverty level, but less than $4,050 a month, which is 200 percent.
“I think every tax dollar is sacred,” White said during the committee hearing. “We should spend those tax dollars as if they are our own.”
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Fuck this whole fucking party. Every single last one of them. 
