Critics condemn ‘cruelty’ of state opting out of federal problem to feed children from low-income families during summer break
Mississippi is withdrawing from a federal program to feed children during their summer break from school, the governor there announced, characterizing the decision as a way to reject “attempts to expand the welfare state”.
Governor Tate Reeves, a Republican, declined to participate in the federal program that would give electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to low-income families to supplement food costs when academic classes are out of session, Mississippi Today reported.
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“The cruelty of being the poorest state in America and choosing – choosing – to turn down federal aid for poor children to eat,” Hannah-Jones said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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“Mississippi gave millions of dollars of welfare funds to former NFL quarterback Brett Favre to build a volleyball facility for his daughter’s school, but they won’t take federal funds to feed hungry children. Because helping poor kids is the kind of welfare that Republicans hate,” Boykin said on X.
Meanwhile Brett Favre gets to steal from poor people. What a stand up sit down piece of shit. Favre’s daughter, the welfarest queen of them all!
Pro-life party my fucking ass.
They are pro-birth, not pro-life.
with food that has expiration dates and literally earmarked for helping
“Welfare is only for the oil and gas industry.“ - Republicans
You forgot the banking and insurance industries as well.
These ghouls hate children. They have rolled back most of the child labor laws and refuse to feed them. Politicians doing these type of actions should not be allowed to feel safe or comfortable in public.
I don’t understand why these federal programs are optional for states. Doesn’t make sense why you wouldn’t want free money for your state.
The irony of not accepting children’s food money, but taking oil, farm, and tax break money, funded by Blue counties and states, and saying “we aren’t welfare queens” sure, you’re still on welfare but now your kids are going hungry. Good job American South.
If you give kids free lunches, they will have no incentive to get jobs cleaning slaughterhouses! Without this opressive welfare program, the kids will be free to choose whether to continue on to middle school or leave their studies behind for a lucrative career in an abattoir.
Is that Peter Griffin in the thumbnail?
Too many chins to be Griffin.
To these guys, the Cruelty Is the point.
Tater gotta maintain that shithole status.
Still need there slaves.
That’s right! I’m a Protect The Children Republican and I think Tax Dollars should ONLY be used to give rich people like Brett Favre money! Protecting The Children DOES NOT mean FEEDING them! As long as Brett Favre gets a new mansion I don’t care how many of those brats die!
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holy shit, get some perspective. how about you reign in the corporate greed, unionize, and demand more than a paltry 8 dollars an hour for your labor instead of crying about the people beneath you who have the gall to purchase meat at the grocery store like you “real” people? seems like trying to elevate everyone in your poverty-stricken county is the easier solution than trying to push the faces of the poorest of you into the mud a little bit harder. what would you have them eat, cheese its and popcorn? perhaps ebt should only allow for the purchase of loaves of white bread and paper towels? perhaps we should just kill ebt recipients, right?
It doesn’t matter. They’ll complain no matter what people buy with food stamps.
https://www.thewrap.com/jon-stewart-filets-fox-news-food-stamps-whats-f-ing-fish/
