Only in America

Precisely when the number of unemployed workers without unemployment benefits is rising, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that, according to the Health Impact Project, would change the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program such that as many as 5.1 million people could lose eligibility for the program and many other households would receive reduced monthly benefits.

Only in America, in the midst of the Second Great Depression, would the “people’s representatives” decide to further impoverish people—including children, the elderly, and the disabled—who are already barely getting by.