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Originally Posted by aceventura3
So, the poor will benefit to the tune of about $1 billion per year off-set by inflation. I don't have an issue with a safety net for people, I just have a problem with shell games played by dishonest politicians. I guess another possibility is that they have not really thought the issue through, I am not sure what is worse.
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An estimated 10 million people below or near the poverty line, many of whom are children, will get a needed increase in supplemental nutrition assistance (food stamps) benefits or be eligible for the first time.
If you believe in the necessity of a government social safety net, this bill was the only way that was going to happen.
For the first time, the bill also denies all supports to people with more than $500,000 adjusted gross income, denies "direct" payments to people with more than $750,000 in farm income, and eliminates the "three-entity rule" (the shell game used to establish corporations and other entities, which allowed the amount of payments received to exceed statutory limits).