In the article I read it talked about how the House of Representatives just passed a bill that would cut the food stamp budget by 40 billion over the next five years. SNAP is the actually problem most people call it food stamps, so for this paper I will refer to it as food stamps as not to confuse anyone. This bill would also improve the requirements that people need to meet to gain food stamps by elimination so called “loop holes” in the system. Ever since the depression and The New Deal social programs such as food stamps have been scrutinized, both for being good and being bad. Even when it was first introduced this program was a greatly debated issue. In this paper I will analyze how this event now is related to the past in the scope of
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“I cannot, with candor tell you everything is well with the world.” Is what Roosevelt said when he was re-nominated for presidency. The first program was meant to be temporary to help this country out of a desperate time. That America needs to be “providing our citizens with those safeguards which assure a decent standard of leaving in both goo d times and bad,” When it became necessary to provide assistance the government did. After the devastating effects the food stamp program was stopped as there was not a need to give handouts to people. When the program started again America was not in a depression, but a time or rebellion. And the idea of government spending was greatly debated; in 1936 Hover said “you cannot spend yourselves into prosperity” . He was talking about government programs like food stamps and TANF and other welfare programs. His statement is as true today as the day he said …show more content…
Although this program has changed over the years the purpose of has stayed the same. “The intent of the SNAP program is to help improve the health and well-being of low-income households and individuals by providing them a means to meet their nutritional needs. “ This program has helped many people, and will continue to help people. Although the main issue is how the program works. A lot of people feel like the program is wasting money and needs its budget cut and restrictions placed upon recipients. Which this article talks about a bill that is doing this. While other people believe that this program is underfunded and needs more money to help
“I cannot, with candor tell you everything is well with the world.” Is what Roosevelt said when he was re-nominated for presidency. The first program was meant to be temporary to help this country out of a desperate time. That America needs to be “providing our citizens with those safeguards which assure a decent standard of leaving in both goo d times and bad,” When it became necessary to provide assistance the government did. After the devastating effects the food stamp program was stopped as there was not a need to give handouts to people. When the program started again America was not in a depression, but a time or rebellion. And the idea of government spending was greatly debated; in 1936 Hover said “you cannot spend yourselves into prosperity” . He was talking about government programs like food stamps and TANF and other welfare programs. His statement is as true today as the day he said …show more content…
Although this program has changed over the years the purpose of has stayed the same. “The intent of the SNAP program is to help improve the health and well-being of low-income households and individuals by providing them a means to meet their nutritional needs. “ This program has helped many people, and will continue to help people. Although the main issue is how the program works. A lot of people feel like the program is wasting money and needs its budget cut and restrictions placed upon recipients. Which this article talks about a bill that is doing this. While other people believe that this program is underfunded and needs more money to help