From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
The Trump Administration is preparing to propose a rule to cut Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and strip eligibility for hundreds of thousands of low-income older people and severely disabled adults and children.
Under the rule, nearly 400,000 SSI beneficiaries living with family or friends experiencing their own financial struggles likely would have their benefits cut — typically by hundreds of dollars per month — or lose eligibility altogether. …
Currently, very low-income disabled or older people who receive SSI can have their benefits reduced by up to one-third (about $300 a month) if they receive “in-kind support and maintenance,” including a place to stay. Similarly, SSI recipients can have their benefits reduced based on the income of their parents (if they are under 18) or spouse, under the assumption that they will contribute to an SSI beneficiary’s living expenses. However, these reductions don’t apply to beneficiaries who live in a household that receives “public assistance,” including food assistance programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). That’s because households financially precarious enough to qualify for those benefits can’t afford to financially support SSI recipients. These rules help families support their elderly or disabled relatives, including by allowing them to live in their homes, reducing the likelihood that they experience homelessness or need institutional care. …
Under the anticipated Trump Administration proposal, it’s expected that receiving food assistance from SNAP would no longer be enough to qualify a family as a “public assistance household.” …
2 comments:
The cruelty IS the point.
That was a mighty fine Executive Order #47 signed a couple weeks ago, effectively criminalizing those that are the most vulnerable adults and children in our country. Some claimants don't have family or friends. They'll end up homeless and possibly be arrested and placed in institutions for an indefinite amount of time, effectively rewinding our country to the 1950's and '60's. These people have the nerve to call themselves "Christian's". It isn't just the government either, there are people that want the "unsightly" people of this country out of their communities, but yet still claim they obey the Bible in which they obviously, based on their actions, have never read. The hypocrisy is palpable.
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