You know it's a bad idea when even a prominent Pennsylvania Republican is asking Gov. Tom Corbett not to make citizens spend down all their assets before they're eligible for food stamps. When so many unemployed people in this economy are living off their savings, enforcing an assets cap is just plain cruel:
A top-ranking House Republican has added his voice to the list of those asking the Corbett Administration to reconsider its plan to check the assets of everyone now receiving or applying for food stamps in the future.
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The Philadelphia City Paper's Daniel Denvir does a great job debunking an absurd op-ed from a wingnut think tank (Crazy Pat Toomey is one of their "directors emeritas") that ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday, justifying Gov... Read Post
enlarge Everything Gov. Tom Corbett does comes right out of the ALEC playbook. But because he rarely speaks to the press, preferring to fly under the radar, there are no outrageous sound bytes on the local news and public outrage is... Read Post
In the GOP’s concerted campaign against Americans who use food stamps, Republicans on every political level are searching for the fastest way to kick low-income people off the rolls. In Michigan, GOP Gov. Rick Snyder implemented a n... Read Post