[quote=livinincali][quote=SK in CV][quote=SD Realtor]
No these programs have not been cut or decreased. You are not correct. more important, the number of people needing the assistance has grown. [/quote]
Which programs have expanded benefits in the last 8 years?[/quote]
How about food stamps
How about looking at the Federal budget numbers for medicare, medicaid and social security over the past 8 years.[/quote]
livinincali, just because there are more people in the US using food stamps now than in 2006 doesn’t mean the program has been increased by a significant amount of money or increased at all.
A LOT of people in recent years no doubt found themselves “borderline qualified” for an EBT card. It could be worth $30, $60, $90 or $300 mo. “General Relief” recipients (single indigent and/or homeless adults and those just released from a state or Federal prison) currently qualify for an EBT card worth $69 mo (I think). It’s been $69 mo since at least 1994.
EBT cards are in no way intended to serve all of an individual or families’ food needs. That’s why we have food banks where recipients can work to earn their share and (overstock) commodity-pickup locations. Many, many EBT recipients ALSO qualify for WIC, in which recipients are issued vouchers which are only good to purchase a VERY limited list of food suitable for pregnant/nursing women and children under five years of age.
It’s very possible that the USDA just spread the wealth by giving states direction to lower the value of the highest-value EBT cards they issue.
