Biden sells out Democrats for Debt Ceiling Capitulation

The level of capitulation the Democrats have had to accept to stop the MAGA crazed Republicans from driving the US Economy off a cliff highlights just how limited progress can be…

The debt ceiling deal is a cruel agreement that imposes new work requirements on SNAP recipients and bureaucratic hurdles for those who still qualify. It will kick people off the rolls and inflict pain, seemingly randomly, with no regard for the human toll.

The bill imposes new work requirements for food stamps on adults ages 50 to 54 who don’t have children living in their home. Under current law, those work requirements only apply to people age 18 to 49. The age limit will be phased in over three years, beginning in fiscal year 2023.

The rules being extended to ages fifty to fifty-four require individuals to complete, record, and report eighty hours of work in a month, either in the form of actual paid employment or by participating in an uncompensated “work program” organized by the government. The maximum monthly SNAP benefit for an individual is $281, which makes the eighty-hour work program route effectively the same as a job that pays $3.51 per hour. This is less than half the federal minimum wage of $7.25.

…Bernie has been scathing and won’t vote for it…

…Democrats gained little, Republicans gained lots and the major needs of American life go unanswered and ignored.

In the background is Trump ready to exploit all the anger at the lack of traction and ready to seize power again and channel the dark sociopathic Fascism just oozing beneath the surface of Amerikan kulture.

 

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