SNAP cuts
New U.S. Census poverty knowledge confirms that SNAP is crucial to lowering starvation in America. The 2023 Census poverty knowledge launched in September reveals that the Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP) stored 3.4 million folks – lots of them kids – from poverty final yr.
SNAP gives meals help to almost 40 million People per thirty days. Most recipients are working households with kids, aged individuals, and folks with disabilities.
If a program works, why would Congress need to minimize it? Some leaders are pushing $30 billion in new SNAP profit cuts and restrictions on the meals SNAP recipients should buy. These insurance policies will assist nobody besides callous lawmakers seeking to rating political factors. However they are going to damage many by growing starvation, poverty, and hardship.
SNAP is the final line of protection towards starvation on this nation. I urge lawmakers and candidates to publicly help SNAP and work to guard and strengthen it within the subsequent Farm Invoice.
William Deignan
Medford
Harris & the border
Kamala Harris said that when she was legal professional basic of a border state for 2 phrases, she noticed the violence and chaos that transnational, criminals organizations trigger and the heartbreak and loss from the unfold of their illicit medication. So why, as vp and border czar, did she do nothing however parrot the Democratic speaking level that the border was safe when she knew it wasn’t? Kamala Harris is all speak and no motion.
Donald Houghton
Quincy
Mass. senators
Haven’t heard a lot from Massachusetts Senators Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren recently on their emotions about unlawful migrants doing dangerous stuff, not solely on cities all through the state but in addition on the islands of Martha’s Winery and Nantucket. I assume their main concern and focus is on the Inexperienced New Deal.
Tony Meschini
Scituate
Migrants
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) famous that “Details don’t exist, solely interpretations.” And that is the Democratic Social gathering credo today as her advisers counsel Kamala Harris to interpret an unprecedented migrant invasion throughout our southern border as a Trump debacle, the inflation that shorted kitchen tables throughout these fruited plains as “transitory” initially, and our weakened navy as stronger by advantage of DEI initiatives. Magical pondering infects all main campaigns however the verbal legerdemain within the Harris camp does Houdini proud.
Paul Bloustein
Cincinnati, Ohio
