Kansas Gov. Laura Kellys administration says it has found a way to provide extended food assistance to adults who cant meet the states work requirements.
Kellys goal is laudable. Kansas lawmakers deserve criticism for humiliating the poor with punitive laws and regulations, including an aggressive work requirement. No one wants to be poor, or avoids work to pick up food assistance worth about $110 a month.
Overly stringent work requirements for public benefits in Kansas are meant to punish the poor, not to help them.
But Kansans should be worried whenever a governor…
