Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) wants to replace the federal food stamp program with grants that have the same name as his super PAC, Right to Rise.
Bush’s welfare reform plan, which will be unveiled Saturday in South Carolina, would end the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as well as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, according to The Washington Post.
State governments would then apply for federal “Right to Rise” grants to launch programs for low-income residents.
The pro-Bush Right to Rise PAC was launched in January 2015, and the phrase “right to rise” has been a fixture for the candidate on the campaign trail.
“I know that giving states more flexibility will open the door for transformative ideas to eliminate poverty and increase opportunity,” Bush said in a document outlining the plan that was provided to the Post.
The grants would include “work requirements and time limits for able-bodied adults,” according to Reuters.
Says the man who for his entire life has had everything handed to him on a silver platter.
At this point, nothing Jeb! proposes is going to have even the smallest ripple effect on our planet.
WHAT LIBtards? OHBUmmer added 2 million NEW JOBs LASt MONTH. NO NEed FOR FOOD stAMPs.
This is a super idea!. But let’s take it one step further.
I mean, why have the states mix any of their contributions with those of any other states? I say, let’s limit the amount of money that a state has for distribution to what is collected from within that state.
I’m looking at you, Tennessee.
So people will get knee-capped twice: at the federal level and the state level, where Republican governors already are hard up to cut those types of programs.