As Twitchy reported the other day, Rep. Adam Schiff told quite a whopper when he tweeted that President Trump was seeking to kick millions of families and children off of food assistance.
First off, it’s not millions, it’s an estimated 700,000, and they’re not being kicked off of food stamps; the work requirements to receive assistance are being tightened due to the improved economy and number of jobs available.
Second, the food stamp reform only applies to able-bodied people from 18 to 49 years old without dependent children. So, basically, it applies to able-bodied, childless adults between 18 and 49. And the work requirements are minimal. So much for kicking families and children off of food stamps.
Nate Lerner has other gigs but we like to call him the founder of the Draft Beto movement, and he too is claiming that families will be most affected by the tightening of work requirements when adults with dependent children are exempt.
Donald Trump is kicking 700,000 people off food stamps. Who does this effect most? Families.
-68% of food stamp recipients are in families w/ children.
-33% are in families w/ members who are elderly or disabled.
-44% are in working families.These cuts are disgraceful.
— Nate Lerner (@NathanLerner) December 6, 2019
You might have heard that Dan Bongino has kicked off his own project, the Bongino Report, in response to the Drudge Report’s drift to the left, and he responded from that account with an epic thread.
Well then it's a good thing his policy doesn't apply to people with dependents. It's also interesting how you think that reintroducing work requirements for food stamps will harm… people on food stamps who work.
Good luck with any future fear-mongering. https://t.co/SQN8ApXT0b
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) December 7, 2019
Work requirements for welfare existed until the USDA suspended them in 2009 in response to the financial crisis. It's since been up to the states to individually reintroduce work requirements if they please.
What happened to those states that did reintroduce them?
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) December 7, 2019
After Kansas ended its work requirement waiver they saw a 75-percent decline in its caseload of able-bodied adults with dependents. The figure for Maine was 80%. https://t.co/HNoRDmbbcu
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) December 7, 2019
What about when work requirements were passed nationally under Bill Clinton? "Within five years of the enactment of TANF, caseloads dropped by approximately 50%. As caseloads plummeted, employment and earnings among low-income single parents surged upward…..
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) December 7, 2019
Employment of never-married mothers increased by 50%, employment of single mothers with less than a high-school education increased by two-thirds, and employment of young single mothers between the ages of 18 and 24 approximately doubled." https://t.co/7JhNljXWzX
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) December 7, 2019
There is a grammatical error in the direct quote from the original source. It should read "within five years of enacting TANF work requirements…"
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) December 7, 2019
Ya know, I was just thinking the same… Why would something passed under a liberal icon president be wrong now? Because it comes from President Trump! They are a bunch of clowns!
— Mike Bubb (@bubbme) December 7, 2019
To be fair, without the Republican majority in Congress it would've never happened
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) December 7, 2019
It’s funny how Joe Biden keeps on tweeting the same tweet about the dignity of work, but if a Republican administration with record-low unemployment tries to get able-bodied food stamp recipients to work a little, it’s cruel.
Here, Nate- let me help you since you were too lazy to research. " The change, which takes effect on April 1, 2020, does not apply to children and their parents, those over 50 (including the elderly), those with a disability or pregnant women" USA Today
— Joeyboy (@Joeyboy25526204) December 7, 2019
Children and families hardest hit.
This applies to able bodied adults without dependents or pregnancy and under 50 yrs of age. Oh the horror! I might have to get a job.
— AAG (@AAG92028531) December 7, 2019
Watching the sheep in Lerner's feed is hilarious and infuriating all at the same time.
— Shawn Baldwin (@xTheKraZe96x) December 7, 2019
Back to work folks. #KAG2020Landslide #MAGA
— Don Evans (@donno2016) December 7, 2019
Democrats will do anything to get out of work a.k.a. helping other people. They are narcissistic and self-centered.
— Jason Willoughby Ⓜ (@jpwilloughby) December 7, 2019
Related:
Rep. Adam Schiff lies about President Trump seeking to kick ‘millions of families and children’ off food stamps https://t.co/XZzkdCK5kI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 6, 2019
