It's bureaucratic, patronizing, demeaning... and stupid, but Trump ag secretary, Sunny Perdue, hailed the Big Brother's Dinner Box as a "bold, innovative" idea. Besides, Sonny disdainfully said of food stamp recipients, they are hooked on a culture of dependency -- so maybe a diet of peanut butter will cure them of that.
Then came Trump budget director, Mick Mulvaney, a tea party extremist who demonizes impoverished Americans as moochers, bizarrely putting a luxury spin on the "Harvest Box," as the Trumpeters have dubbed their miserly scheme. Mulvaney compares the government issued box of grub to Blue Apron, an upscale grocery delivery system. But, Mick -- get a clue -- Blue Apron patrons get to choose what's in their box -- and it ain't peanut butter!
As the leading Democrat opposing the Trump mob's food stamp gut job says in dismay, "My god, these people are awful... really just not nice people."
Less nice is their real intention to kill the food stamp program entirely. Trump's budget calls for slashing 30 percent of the funding this year. As watchdogs at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities put it, "That's the real battle." The food-box silliness is a distraction to let them pull off the big theft. To help stop them go to www.cbpp.org.
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