Stiffing the poor isn’t an incentive to work

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Opinion

April 16, 2018 - 11:00 PM

Some 234,000 Kansans rely on an effective anti-hunger program.

Nationwide, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aids tens of millions of Americans.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration wants to tighten up eligibility and make it more difficult for low-income, able-bodied adults without dependents to receive SNAP benefits, better known as “food stamps.”

Conservatives see such change as a way to put more low-income people on a path to financial independence, and save taxpayer dollars.

The proposed change that’s part of a plan to radically alter SNAP…

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