Food Stamps and the Federal War on Self-Reliance James Bovard, November 12 2025 During the recent government shutdown, the temporary interruption of benefits to 42 million food stamp recipients was hyped as practically the greatest human rights violation of our time. A Nation magazine headline howled: “The United States Is Letting Its People Starve.” But […]
nypost.com New York Post, November 9, 2025 Hunger games: The government shutdown showcases food-stamp fraud and follies James Bovard The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team Trump first offered to pay 50% of this month’s benefits, […]
New York Post, April 20, 2023 Anti-work, pro-welfare Democrats are in a food-stamp fury over attempts to cut costs By James Bovard “Cutting SNAP will lead to homelessness, incarceration and death for 38 million Americans,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-Bronx/Yonkers) howled Monday. Bowman is enraged by a House Republican proposal to encourage some food-stamp recipients to […]
New York Post, March 7, 2023 New media hoax: Millions to starve with a pandemic benefit ending By James Bovard Tens of millions of Americans are tottering on a “hunger cliff,” guaranteeing mass suffering and maybe even starvation. That is the refrain from CBS News, Salon, Business Insider and plenty other outlets. But the latest […]
New York Post, September 29, 2022 Biden’s food-program funding binge will ensure anti-obesity programs fail By James Bovard “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie? I thought she was going to be here,” President Joe Biden pleaded Wednesday from the podium as he launched the White House Summit on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. He was looking […]
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