House Republican Budget Could Cut Off Food Assistance For Millions Of Low-Income Americans

House Republican Budget Could Cut Off Food Assistance For Millions Of Low-Income Americans

By Pat Garofalo posted from ThinkProgress Economy on Mar 22, 2012 at 3:08 pm

The House Republican’s 2013 budget authored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) would cut the social safety net to ribbons while handing trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich and corporations. And one of the bigger casualties — in addition to high-profile Ryan targets like Medicaid and Medicare — would be the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as food stamps.

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