El plan republicano de sabotear el Programa de Cupones para Alimentos

House Republicans are set to unveil a budget on Tuesday morning that will reportedly slice over a hundred billion dollars out of the food stamps program over the coming decade.

Tales recortes ascenderían a alrededor de 15 por ciento del gasto proyectado del programa durante esos años. El costo del Programa de Asistencia de Nutrición Suplementaria (SNAP) is already declining naturally as the economy recovers and fewer families need the safety net, and Congress has already cut billions of dollars from the program in recent years. But whereas those previous, smaller cuts came from highly technical tweaks to program rules — and were therefore subject to a sort of informal veto by governors in several states — the new GOP budget documents coming from both sides of Capitol Hill this week seek a sweeping overhaul of the program.

LEER MÁS: Think Progress