THE GOP'S WAR ON THE POOR.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Drew, Elizabeth
- Source
- Rolling Stone. 11/7/2013, Issue 1195, p35-39. 5p.
- Subject
- *FOOD stamps
*SERVICES for the poor
*PREVENTION of malnutrition
*TEA Party movement (U.S.)
*SOCIAL services
*TWENTY-first century
*PUBLIC spending
*HISTORY of political parties
- Language
- ISSN
- 0035-791X
The author looks at U.S. Republican policies which negatively impact poor people, focusing on September 2013 legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives which cut the budget and restricted eligibility for food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Food stamps were initiated in the 1960s to combat U.S. hunger and malnutrition. It is argued that Republicans, particularly those in the Tea Party movement, have become increasingly opposed to social welfare programs.