People of conscience were appalled by President Trump’s proposal that the benefits disbursed by SNAP (formerly food stamps) be converted from cash cards usable at grocery stores to bags of selected packaged goods.Rightly so. It would mean a gutting of the program on which more than 44 million Americans depend for their daily meals. But to attribute Trump’s motive entirely to his meanness and his party’s long-standing budget priorities is to miss a point relevant to the [...]
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