{"id":41488,"date":"2014-03-21T14:17:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T20:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/21\/cheating-to-help-the-needy.html"},"modified":"2014-03-23T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T17:00:44","slug":"cheating-to-help-the-needy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/21\/cheating-to-help-the-needy.html","title":{"rendered":""Cheating" to help the needy"},"content":{"rendered":"
The GOP in Congress thought they had a foolproof way to cut food stamps.<\/p>\n

'The [food stamp] cut involved the so-called heat-and-eat program, in which food stamp benefits are increased for those who qualify for a small amount of state heating assistance so that they do not have to choose between heat and food. Several states were providing only a token amount of fuel aid, as little as $1 a year, to prompt the extra benefits of $90 or so a month, and many lawmakers saw that as gaming the system.<\/i><\/p>\n

So negotiators on the farm bill agreed that states would have to pay a minimum of $20 a year in fuel aid to prompt the benefits. Republicans thought this would save more than $8 billion over a decade, because they assumed the states wouldn\u2019t want to pay $20. Democrats went along because it was better than the original Republican plan to cut $40 billion from food stamps.<\/i><\/p>\n

But to the shock of Republicans, at least eight states decided to do the right thing and raise their heating-aid payments to $20. New York and Connecticut were first, followed by Rhode Island, Oregon, Massachusetts, Vermont and Montana. Even Gov. Tom Corbett, Republican of Pennsylvania, agreed to go along.<\/i><\/p>\n

This provoked an outburst from the House speaker, John Boehner. \u201cSince the passage of the farm bill, states have found ways to cheat once again on signing up people for food stamps,\u201d he said last week. \u201cAnd so I would hope that the House would act to try to stop this cheating and this fraud from continuing.\u201d'<\/i><\/p>\n

Because following the law — a law he helped craft — in order to help the needy is, apparently, "cheating."\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Plot to Cut Food Stamps, Foiled<\/a>
\n Republicans are furious that states have decided to be generous to the neediest families.\n <\/p>\n

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The GOP in Congress thought they had a foolproof way to cut food stamps. 'The [food stamp] cut involved the so-called heat-and-eat program, in which food stamp benefits are increased for those who qualify for a small amount of state heating assistance so that they do not have to choose between heat and food. 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