Critics condemn ‘cruelty’ of state opting out of federal problem to feed children from low-income families during summer break
Mississippi is withdrawing from a federal program to feed children during their summer break from school, the governor there announced, characterizing the decision as a way to reject “attempts to expand the welfare state”.
Governor Tate Reeves, a Republican, declined to participate in the federal program that would give electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to low-income families to supplement food costs when academic classes are out of session, Mississippi Today reported.
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“The cruelty of being the poorest state in America and choosing – choosing – to turn down federal aid for poor children to eat,” Hannah-Jones said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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“Mississippi gave millions of dollars of welfare funds to former NFL quarterback Brett Favre to build a volleyball facility for his daughter’s school, but they won’t take federal funds to feed hungry children. Because helping poor kids is the kind of welfare that Republicans hate,” Boykin said on X.
holy shit, get some perspective. how about you reign in the corporate greed, unionize, and demand more than a paltry 8 dollars an hour for your labor instead of crying about the people beneath you who have the gall to purchase meat at the grocery store like you “real” people? seems like trying to elevate everyone in your poverty-stricken county is the easier solution than trying to push the faces of the poorest of you into the mud a little bit harder. what would you have them eat, cheese its and popcorn? perhaps ebt should only allow for the purchase of loaves of white bread and paper towels? perhaps we should just kill ebt recipients, right?
It doesn’t matter. They’ll complain no matter what people buy with food stamps.
https://www.thewrap.com/jon-stewart-filets-fox-news-food-stamps-whats-f-ing-fish/