SNAP

Expanding the Lowest Class

by RDavis | Activism

The gaps between the have’s and have not’s has been widening in this country for many years. But with passage of the 2025 budget bill, that gap will not only widen but a new economy will push unprecedented numbers of people into poverty and homelessness.

The people in our country who struggle to stay above water while working two or three jobs deal with a constant threat of homelessness and social stigma. Things will be so much worse in the next few years as federal fuel assistance allotments are eliminated and thousands of people lose their Medicaid benefits. That would be bad enough, but the budget bill makes unprecedented cuts in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) that families have relied on for decades to be able to afford enough food for basic nutrition.

Another Attack On America

by RDavis | Op/Ed

Millions of Americans have been under attack since Trump and his thugs took power. The list of inhumane, racist and xenophobic actions is long and most of the people who have been targeted are low income, vulnerable because of their health or socio-economic status or because they live in fear of having their families torn apart.

The vulnerable among us are experiencing a type of bullying never before seen in this country, but this kind of cowardly action has become the norm for our rogue government. One of the more recent assaults on Americans who are working hard and trying to get ahead is a proposed rule change that would cut food stamp (commonly referred to as SNAP) benefits to about three million people.