Le plan républicain de saboter le programme de coupons alimentaires

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.

Ces coupures se élèveraient à environ 15 pour cent des dépenses projetées du programme au cours de ces années. Le coût du Programme d'aide supplémentaire Nutrition (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.

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